Behind the Mic With Melanie Crawley
- Judith D Collins
- Jan 2
- 3 min read
Updated: 8 hours ago
Welcome to the #AuthorElevatorSeries where we go behind the mic with our favorite narrators, storytellers, and audiobooks. Exceptional Narrators. Standout Audiobooks. Elevator Talk.
We are honored to have joining us today, a personal and fan favorite, award-winning British actor and narrator, Melanie Crawley (and so much more).
~British Voice Actor
~Audiobook Narrator
~Commercial Voice Over
~Drama & Comedy
Chair of the Audiobook Working Group at Audio UK. Equity, Spotlight, APA.
About Melanie Crawley
An award winning, trained and experienced voice actor with a high quality professional home studio working regularly as an audiobook narrator, audio drama & comedy actor, and voice artist for commercial radio, corporate, e-learning and other projects.
Melanie is an accomplished and very versatile voice actor with a great ear for accents and ability to perform intense drama and comedy. She can narrate very convincing naturalistic dialogue. Her voice has depth and a grown up, well-constructed quality; it is down-to-earth, no-nonsense, kind and compassionate - perfect for emotionally charged writing, challenging dark and dramatic scripts and tales that are constructed with a sense of humour. Whether she’s selling ice-cream or voicing a highly-charged scene between two people in crisis - she’ll bring her skills, experience and playful nature to your project and work hard to create audio that sparkles with life and does justice to your words.
Clients include Penguin Random House, Dreamscape, Harper Collins, Bolinda, Hachette, W F Howes, Cancer Research UK, MIND, Alzheimer’s Society, The Coop, B & Q, Fenwick, Penguin Random House, Harper Collins, Dreamscape, Bloomsbury, the BBC, Bauer Media, Imagesound, The National Grid, Staropramen, University of Sheffield, University of Nottingham, Yorkshire Tourism Awards and many others.
Website:
Melanie is a trained actor represented by Destiny Talent. www.melaniecrawley.com
Connect with Melanie:
"It has always been a pleasure to work with Melanie, a very versatile and professional voice over artist. Always swift to respond and professional but above all great delivery and fantastic reads of sometimes very difficult subject matter, and she always hits just the right tone.”
—Joe Sargieson, Producer, JayJay Media, July 2023
"The voice actor was remarkable. She did not just read the story but gave it life.
I was instantly hooked and even sat down to listen for big chunks of enjoyable time."
—From an Audible.com review of 'Mrs Quinn's Rise to Fame' by Olivia Ford, May 24
"On the first session I had with Melanie, I knew I’d been missing something special. Her exceptional acting abilities bring something magic to everything she reads. As a producer I couldn’t ask for a more talented, creative and versatile voiceover artist.What’s more, everything she touches turns into awards! And rightly so. She’s brilliant!"
—Rick Loynes, Bauer Media May 2023
Accolades
~Winner: Audiofile Earphones Award for ‘The Hanging of Hettie Gale’ by Tess Burnett. 2025
~Winner: Audiofile Earphones Award for 'Halfmoon Lane' by Paula Hillman. 2024
~Finalist: BeHear Award: Best Female Voice Actor. 2026
~Winner: VOX Award for In-Store VO for Hallmark Cards, Coop for Imagesound 2024
~Finalist: One Voice Award for In-Store VO for Coop for Imagesound 2025
~Finalist: VOX Award for Best Audiobook Narration, 2024
~Finalist: One Voice Award for Best Narrator - Fiction, 2023
~Winner: VOX Award for Best Use of Humour 2022
Exceptional Narrators.
Standout Audiobooks. Elevator Talk.
Behind the Mic & the Audiobook
INTRIGUING QUESTIONS. INQUIRING LISTENERS WANT TO KNOW.
Coming August 3!
Welcome to the August 2026 #AudioElevatorSeries, a new series where we go behind the narrator (mic, storyteller, inside the booth) with our favorite narrators and audiobooks. A part of the #AuthorElevatorSeries and #LitLiftMiniAuthorChat collection.
We are honored and super excited to have a personal and fan favorite, Beitish award-winning narrator, Melanie Crawley, joining us today to kick off the fall season series!
Have you wondered what goes on behind the mic and the making of an audiobook? Melanie is here to share her professional expertise and stand-out audiobook (s) with us, including her August performance of "The Wythenshawe Dandy" (03 Aug 2026) by S. J. Galbraith, plus a sneak peek at her upcoming projects.
Join us as Melanie shares some fascinating behind-the-scenes exclusives from the audiobook (s) and up-close and personal fun moments inside the booth from this talented storyteller.
