Katherine Kellgren
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Katherine Kellgren in Central Park
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| Born | 1969 (1969)
New York City, US
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| Died | January 10, 2018(2018-01-10) (aged 48–49)
New York City, US
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| Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1996–2018 |
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(m. 2011) |
Katherine Ingrid KellgrenorKjellgren (1969 – January 10, 2018)[1][2][3] was an American actress, known for her narration of audiobooks.[2]
Kellgren was born in 1969 in New York City, though she undertook a large proportion of her schooling in London. She studied acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[4][5]
Kellgren married writer David Cote in 2011.[3]
She died on January 10, 2018, at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center from complications of cancer.[4][6]
Kellgren recorded radio plays early in her career, which prepared her for audiobook reader work.[7]
Kellgren recorded over three hundred audiobooks.[8] She was a multiple winner of the Audie Award and among her titles are five recipients of the American Library Association's Odyssey Award, as well as numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards, Publishers Weekly Listen Up Awards, and ForeWord Magazine's Audiobook of the Year. She was named a Voice of Choice by Booklist magazine, and is on AudioFile magazine's list of Golden Voices.[9]
In addition to her audiobook work, Kellgren performed on the stage, notably Laura in The Glass Menagerie in 2003 with the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey.[10]
As a narrator, Kellgren was the 2011 Booklist Voice of Choice.[11] AudioFile named her a Golden Voice Narrator.[2] She won 11 Audie Awards and 43 Earphone Awards and was a finalist for numerous other awards.
| Year | Title | List | Ref. |
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| 2006 | PrombyLaurie Halse Anderson | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [38] |
| 2008 | Bloody JackbyL. A. Meyer | Notable Children's Recordings | [39] |
| 2010 | In the Belly of the BloodhoundbyL. A. Meyer | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [40] |
| 2011 | Alchemy and Meggy SwannbyKaren Cushman | Notable Children's Recordings | [41] |
| Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen Cushman | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [26] | |
| The Curious Garden | Notable Children's Recordings | [41] | |
| Enola Holmes: The Case of the Peculiar Pink FanbyNancy Springer | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [26] | |
| The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery (2011) by Maryrose Wood | Booklist Editors' Choice: Media | [42] | |
| What to Do about Alice? | Notable Children's Recordings | [41] | |
| 2012 | Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms | Notable Children's Recordings | [43] |
| One of Our Thursdays is MissingbyJasper Fforde | Listen List | [44] | |
| Sophomore SwitchbyAbby McDonald | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [45] | |
| 2013 | EnchantedbyAlethea Kontis | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [46][47] |
| Monstrous BeautybyElizabeth Fama | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [47] | |
| 2015 | The KnockoffbyLucy Sykes and Jo Piazza | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults | [48] |
| The Queen of the TearlingbyErika Johansen | Listen List | [49] | |
| Wild Rover No MorebyL. A. Meyer | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [50] | |
| 2016 | The KnockoffbyLucy Sykes and Jo Piazza | Listen List: Outstanding Audio Narration | [51] |
| Grayling's SongbyKaren Cushman | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [52] | |
| 2017 | The Cat Who Came In off the RoofbyAnnie M. G. Schmidt | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [53] |
| The Cat Who Came In off the RoofbyAnnie M. G. Schmidt | Notable Children's Recordings | [54] | |
| Grayling's SongbyKaren Cushman | Notable Children's Recordings | [54] |
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