Before audiobooks, I was a trial lawyer - an avocation that provided an economic foundation while I honed my craft as an actor in film, television and the stage. Now, drawing on my background in law and acting, as a narrator I try to create characters that are real, believable and imbued with personality - whether it's a shy midwestern man, a comedic New Jersey woman, an angry Native American Chief, a sweet Southern African-American woman, or any number of other accents and dialects. Reviewing my narration of Willa Cather's Pulitzer Prize-Winning novel One of Ours in 2019, AUDIOFILE MAGAZINE said: "Jack's delivery ... more