The Audio Publishers Association brought Barbra Streisand flowers Tuesday, honoring the singer and actor with the audiobook of the year prize at the Audie Awards.
Streisand won the top award for her memoir, My Name Is Barbra, which she wrote and narrated. She also received the autobiography/memoir prize for the book. Karen Dziekonski of Penguin Random House Audio accepted the awards on Streisand’s behalf, saying, “Every recording session with Barbra was an absolute open door into her process. It showed what a steadfast and committed artist that she is. And a remarkable human being.”
Percival Everett’s James, which won the Kirkus Prize and the National Book Award, won in the literary fiction/classics category; the audiobook edition is narrated by Dominic Hoffman. There’s Always This Year, written and narrated by Hanif Abdurraqib, was the nonfiction winner, with Rednecks, written by Taylor Brown and narrated by Ramiz Monsef, taking home the fiction prize.
Whoopi Goldberg was the winner in the narration by the author category for her memoir Bits and Pieces. The humor prize went to The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science, written by Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon and narrated by McKinnon and Emily Lynne.
The fiction narrator prize went to Julia Whelan for The Women, written by Kristin Hannah, while the nonfiction narrator prize was awarded to Justin Vivian Bond for Candy Darling, written by Cynthia Carr.
Listen for the Lie, written by Amy Tintera and narrated by Will Damron and January LaVoy, won in the mystery category, with the horror prize going to Bury Your Gays, written by Chuck Tingle and narrated by André Santana with several guest narrators.
A full list of winners is available at the Audie Awards website.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
