Samantha Norbury is a theater actor turned audiobook narrator who is passionate about bringing an author's truth to life through an emotional understanding and connection to the text. As an avid listener and performer of audiobooks she believes that the connection between author, narrator, and listener is a powerful one. She deeply loves the audiobook community and as such is actively working against the use of AI voices which threaten the jobs of many in the world of audiobook production. For this reason she started the massively successful social media campaign #HumanVoicesOnly where narrators and authors stand up together against the use of AI in audiobooks. She continues to lead this campaign twice a year and is always working with the community to find ways of protecting the world of audiobooks in any way she can. 

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Her love of narration stems from a love of reading in all its forms. She became borderline obsessed with audiobooks when she became a mom and they kept her grounded and enthralled. As a lifelong actor and lover of stories shifting into audiobook narration felt not only natural, but completely kismet. From her very first audiobook Samantha knew this was what she was meant to do. It combines all of her passions and it's the thing she can do better than anything else. It makes her excited to get up, get in the booth, and bring worlds and characters to life everyday. 

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Samantha was raised in a multi-cultural family with one side of her family being Yaqui Native American and the other of European decent. This unique upbringing combined with her immigrating from California to the English countryside as an adult, has given her a profound respect for different cultures, their rich histories, and how they influence our lives and the 

stories we tell. Her goal is to honor those stories by authentically performing each book with everything she has so that the listeners feel like they are fully immersed and engaged throughout the entirety of the audiobook. 

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In her free time Samantha can be found exploring and photographing old ruins around The UK, listening to audiobooks, knitting, reading, baking, or playing video games. She is a through and through uber-nerd and proud of it. When other kids were going to parties Samantha was going to LAN parties and even now will play a few rounds of StarCraft to help clear her head. She also loves to go on hikes with her rescue puppy and go on seaside adventures with her kids.

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