02/18/2022
"See You In the Cosmos" by Jack Cheng is not only a wonderful Middle Grade book, but it was a 2017 Audie Award winner for Best Kids Audiobook. It's especially dear to my heart because my son, Kivlighan, narrated it when he was 12. It's also a multicast (with Brittany Pressley, Michael Crouch, Susan Bennett, Therese Plummer, Pete Larkin, Dan Bittner, Jason Samuel Culp, and Courtney Shaw) but Kiv narrated the bulk of it (roughly 5 1/2 hours...). I was incredibly impressed by his performance.
He was expertly coached by Paula Parker. I even got to sprinkle sound effects throughout, place the voices in their environments, and do some foley. Thanks to Karen DiMattia Dziekonski for giving him this amazing opportunity and for trusting me with the production. It was so much fun. Here's a little behind-the-scenes video of Kiv and Michael Crouch performing a scene.