Jim Dale has received multiple awards for this achievement. During Queen Elizabeth II's 2003 Royal Birthday Honours, Jim Dale was named an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for narrating the (then) five Harry Potter audiobooks and "promoting English children's literature." On a more plebian plane, he's also the Guinness World Record holder for Most Character Voices in an Audiobook--for the 134 different beings he portrayed in HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. The Harry Potter audiobooks have been nominated for Grammy Awards--HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE won in 2000 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children--and Audie Awards--in 2004 ORDER OF THE PHOENIX won the Audie for Children's Title for Ages 8+ as well as Audiobook of the Year--and this year, the Harry Potter series was the first recipient of the Audio Publishers Association Hall of Fame Award. Jim Dale has received a variety of stage and screen credits beginning in the 1960s. Among the highlights, he received an Oscar nomination for writing the lyrics to the film "Georgy Girl" (1966), and he starred on Broadway in "Scapino!" (1974) and "Barnum" (1981), receiving both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for the title role.

When Simon Vance was about 10 years old, his father gave him a tape recorder, and he’s been “playing with a microphone and making silly voices” ever since. Began a broadcasting career at BBC Radio Brighton during the summer break of 1976 while studying at Leeds University (and joining in the fun at 'Network 4' - the student TV/Radio society).After graduating took on a full time job at BBC Radio Brighton - moving a couple of years later to London where, for the rest of the decade became a newsreader and presenter for BBC Radio 4 -- the BBC's national speech-based network. Discovered a knack for narrating audiobooks by working for the Talking Book Service of the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Simon won the 2006 Audie Award for Science Fiction for Richard K. Morgan’s MARKET FORCES. “You venture into so many different worlds. From week to week you don’t know which planet you’re going to be on, which country you’re going to be in.” Simon estimates he’s “closing in on 300” audiobooks. He just finished recording THE SECRET RIVER, an Orange Award winner by Kate Grenville.

Jim Dale has received multiple awards for this achievement. During Queen Elizabeth II's 2003 Royal Birthday Honours, Jim Dale was named an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for narrating the (then) five Harry Potter audiobooks and "promoting English children's literature." On a more plebian plane, he's also the Guinness World Record holder for Most Character Voices in an Audiobook--for the 134 different beings he portrayed in HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX. The Harry Potter audiobooks have been nominated for Grammy Awards--HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE won in 2000 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children--and Audie Awards--in 2004 ORDER OF THE PHOENIX won the Audie for Children's Title for Ages 8+ as well as Audiobook of the Year--and this year, the Harry Potter series was the first recipient of the Audio Publishers Association Hall of Fame Award. Jim Dale has received a variety of stage and screen credits beginning in the 1960s. Among the highlights, he received an Oscar nomination for writing the lyrics to the film "Georgy Girl" (1966), and he starred on Broadway in "Scapino!" (1974) and "Barnum" (1981), receiving both a Tony Award and a Drama Desk Award for the title role.

When Simon Vance was about 10 years old, his father gave him a tape recorder, and he’s been “playing with a microphone and making silly voices” ever since. Began a broadcasting career at BBC Radio Brighton during the summer break of 1976 while studying at Leeds University (and joining in the fun at 'Network 4' - the student TV/Radio society).After graduating took on a full time job at BBC Radio Brighton - moving a couple of years later to London where, for the rest of the decade became a newsreader and presenter for BBC Radio 4 -- the BBC's national speech-based network. Discovered a knack for narrating audiobooks by working for the Talking Book Service of the Royal National Institute for the Blind. Simon won the 2006 Audie Award for Science Fiction for Richard K. Morgan’s MARKET FORCES. “You venture into so many different worlds. From week to week you don’t know which planet you’re going to be on, which country you’re going to be in.” Simon estimates he’s “closing in on 300” audiobooks. He just finished recording THE SECRET RIVER, an Orange Award winner by Kate Grenville.