Katherine Kellgren | |
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Born | 1969 New York City, US |
Died | January 10, 2018 New York City, US | (aged 48–49)
Alma mater | London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1996–2018 |
Spouse |
Katherine Ingrid Kellgren or Kjellgren (1969 – January 10, 2018)[1][2][3] was an American actress, known for her narration of audiobooks.[2]
Personal life and education
[edit]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]
Career
[edit]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]
Awards and honors
[edit]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.
Awards
[edit]"Best of" lists
[edit]Year | Title | List | Ref. |
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2006 | Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [38] |
2008 | Bloody Jack by L. A. Meyer | Notable Children's Recordings | [39] |
2010 | In the Belly of the Bloodhound by L. A. Meyer | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [40] |
2011 | Alchemy and Meggy Swann by Karen 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 Fan by Nancy 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] |
Sophomore Switch by Abby McDonald | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [44] | |
2013 | Enchanted by Alethea Kontis | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [45][46] |
Monstrous Beauty by Elizabeth Fama | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [46] | |
2015 | The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults | [47] |
The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen | Listen List | [48] | |
Wild Rover No More by L. A. Meyer | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [49] | |
2016 | The Knockoff by Lucy Sykes and Jo Piazza | Listen List: Outstanding Audio Narration | [50] |
Grayling's Song by Karen Cushman | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [51] | |
2017 | The Cat Who Came In off the Roof by Annie M. G. Schmidt | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth | [52] |
The Cat Who Came In off the Roof by Annie M. G. Schmidt | Notable Children's Recordings | [53] | |
Grayling's Song by Karen Cushman | Notable Children's Recordings | [53] |
References
[edit]- ^ "David Cote". Facebook. Archived from the original on 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2018-07-03.
- ^ a b c d "AudioFile Spotlight: Katherine Kellgren". AudioFile. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ^ a b Ancestry.com. New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018 [database on-line]. Lehi, Utah, US: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017.
- ^ a b "Katherine Kjellgren". New York Times. 2018-01-17. Archived from the original on 2018-10-17. Retrieved 2018-10-17 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ "Katherine Kellgren | Authors". Macmillan. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Obituary Note: Katherine Kellgren". Shelf Awareness. 2018-01-29. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ Kaufman, Leslie (2013-06-30). "Actors Today Don't Just Read for the Part. Reading IS the Part". New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-08-17. Retrieved 2019-08-16 – via Proquest.
- ^ "Remembering Katherine Kellgren". BOOK RIOT. 2018-01-16. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ^ "AudioFile Reference Guide: Katherine Kellgren". AudioFile. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ^ Siegel, Naomi (2003-07-06). "A Family of Seekers, Trapped in their Lives: Review". New York Times. ProQuest 432464575.
- ^ "Booklist Voice of Choice 2011". Booklistreader.com. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ^ "2007 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-31. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "2008 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary 'Jacky' Faber, Ship's Boy | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "2008 Odyssey Award Winners". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2008-01-14. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Odyssey Honor Audiobooks: 2008". Booklist. 2008-01-14. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b c "2009 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2020-10-30. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Curse of the Blue Tattoo | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "2009 Odyssey Award". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2009-01-22. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b c d "2010 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "2010 Odyssey Award". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2010-01-13. Archived from the original on 2022-12-02. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2011 Audies". Audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-09-22. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ^ "Alchemy and Meggy Swann | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Odyssey Award 2011". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2012-01-23. Archived from the original on 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b c "2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2010-12-27. Archived from the original on 2021-12-30. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "2012 Audie Awards® - APA". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2018-06-15. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) (2012-01-24). "2012 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2012-04-24. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "2013 Audie Awards® - APA". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-09-20. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ "Odyssey Award 2013". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2014-01-29. Archived from the original on 2022-11-28. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b "2013 Audie Awards Winners". Locus Online. 2013-05-31. Archived from the original on 2019-07-06. Retrieved 2019-08-17.
- ^ a b c d e "2014 Audies". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2021-03-10. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ^ Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) (2014-01-30). "2014 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top Ten". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2014-03-13. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
- ^ a b c d e "2015 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2022-08-29. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b c "2016 Audies". Audio Publishers Association. Archived from the original on 2016-06-23. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
- ^ "2017 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2019-04-01. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "2018 Audie Awards® - APA (en-US)". www.audiopub.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-21. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Prom | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. February 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Notable Children's Recordings: 2008". Booklist. 2008-03-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "In the Belly of the Bloodhound: Being an Account of a Particularly Peculiar Adventure in the Life of Jacky Faber | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b c "2011 Notable Children's Recordings (past)". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). 2012-01-18. Archived from the original on 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: The Hidden Gallery | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. April 30, 2012. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Fletcher and the Springtime Blossoms | Awards & Grants". www.ala.org. Archived from the original on 2023-04-29. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2012". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2012-01-24. Archived from the original on 2023-03-27. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Enchanted | Awards & Grants". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2020-06-19. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ a b "Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 2013". Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). 2013-01-31. Archived from the original on 2021-10-23. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults, 2015". Booklist. 2016-01-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ Wood, Leighann (2015-02-01). "2015 Listen List announced: Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners". American Library Association. Archived from the original on 2022-11-30. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2015". Booklist. 2016-01-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "The Listen List: Outstanding Audio Narration, 2016". Booklist. 2016-03-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2016". Booklist. 2017-01-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ "Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Youth, 2016". Booklist. 2017-01-01. Archived from the original on 2022-09-14. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
- ^ a b "Notable Children's Recordings: 2017". Booklist. 2017-03-02. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22. Retrieved 2022-09-13.
External links
[edit]- Katherine Kellgren at IMDb
- AudioFile Magazine Spotlight
- Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Audible, by Katherine Kellgren. Archived 2021-11-29 at the Wayback Machine