James Philbrick "Phil" Gigante (born April 5, 1966 - November 14, 2025) was an American narrator of audiobooks. He won 11 Earphone Awards and 3 Audie Awards.
In 2015, he pleaded guilty to both accosting a minor for immoral purposes and possessing child sexually abusive material.
Personal life Gigante lived in Ludington, Michigan.
Pedophilia On July 10, 2015, Gigante was arrested and charged with accosting a minor for immoral purposes, possession of child sexually abusive material, and two counts of using computers to commit a crime, which could have resulted in 16- to 28-year felony charges.
On October 13, 2015, Gigante pleaded guilty to accosting a minor for immoral purposes and possessing child sexually abusive material. Based on a plea agreement, he was called "to serve four months in jail and three months at home on tether" with further sentencing in December of that year. The latter counts for using computers to commit a crime were dropped.
Awards and honors YearTitleAuthorAwardResultRef.2007Beyond the Highland Mist (1999)Earphone AwardWinner2008Beyond the Highland Mist (1999)Audie Award for RomanceFinalistGenesis of Shannara: The Gypsy MorphEarphone AwardWinnerSavage Season (1990)Earphone AwardWinnerSea of Poppies (2008)Earphone AwardWinner (2007)Audie Award for Thriller or SuspenseFinalist2009Audie Award for RomanceWinnerDark Slayer (2009)Earphone AwardWinnerAudie Award for HistoryFinalist (2009)Earphone AwardWinner (1995)Earphone AwardWinner2010Dark Slayer (2009)Audie Award for RomanceFinalist (2010)Earphone AwardWinnerZombies Vs. Unicorns (2010) and Justine Larbalestier (Eds.)Earphone AwardWinner2011 (2011)Earphone AwardWinnerAudie Award for Science FictionWinner2012 (2011)Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in ProductionWinner (2011)Audie Award for Multi-Voiced PerformanceFinalist2013 (2011)Amazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 102015Dark Ghost (2015)Earphone AwardWinner
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