R.C. Bray | |
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Born | Robert Christian Bray July 28, 1977 |
Nationality | American |
Other names | Bon Shaw[1] |
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Occupation | Narrator |
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Website | https://www.rcbray.com |
R. C. Bray (born July 28, 1977, in Chicago) is an American producer and voice actor known for over 250 audiobooks, an Audie Award, Earphones Awards, and Voice Arts Awards winner, Off-Broadway and Edinburgh Fringe Festival performer, and TV and radio commercial narrator.[5][6]
Bray began acting in school plays at the age of fourteen years old. He went on to major in theatre at college and later took a job making commercials where he listened to audiobooks during his daily commute.[7]
Title/Series | Author |
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The Martian | Andy Weir |
After It Happened | Devon C. Ford |
Arisen series | Michael Stephen Fuchs |
Expeditionary Force series | Craig Alanson |
Galaxy's Edge series | Jason Anspach & Nick Cole |
Wayward Galaxy series | Jason Anspach & J.N. Chaney |
Infinite | Jeremy Robinson |
Infinite 2 | Jeremy Robinson |
The Others | Jeremy Robinson |
MirrorWorld | Jeremy Robinson |
Island 731 (Nemesis series) | Jeremy Robinson |
Xom-B | Jeremy Robinson |
The Didymus Contingency | Jeremy Robinson |
NPC | Jeremy Robinson |
Tribe | Jeremy Robinson |
Exo Hunter | Jeremy Robinson |
The Last Hunter series | Jeremy Robinson |
The Dark | Jeremy Robinson |
Mountain Man series | Keith C. Blackmore |
The Majestic 311 | Keith C. Blackmore |
Planetside series | Michael Mammay |
Sixth Cycle | Carl Sinclair & Darren Wearmouth |
The Fear Saga | Stephen Moss |
The Hell Divers series | Nicholas Sansbury Smith |
Extinction Cycle: Dark Age | Nicholas Sansbury Smith & Anthony J. Melchiorri |
The Retreat series | Craig DiLouie, Stephen Knight & Joe McKinney |
These Dead Lands: Immolation | Stephen Knight & Scott Wolf |
The Reason You're Alive | Matthew Quick |
The Commune series | Joshua Gayou |
All Gifts, Bestowed | Joshua Gayou |
The Dimension Space series | Dean M. Cole |
Sector 64 series | Dean M. Cole |
Reaper (short story appearing in Aliens: Bug hunt ) | Dan Abnett |
Ash Angels series | Brian K. Fuller |
Ruins of the Galaxy series | J.N. Chaney & Christopher Hopper |
Ruins of the Earth series | Christopher Hopper & J.N. Chaney |
Florida Man | Mike Baron |
Children of Titan series | Rhett C. Bruno |
Crash Dive series | Craig DiLouie |
Lost Gods | Brom |
The Elementals | Michael McDowell |
Forgotten Vengeance series | M.R. Forbes |
After It Happened series | Devon C. Ford |
Eric Steele series | Sean Parnell |
The Supers series | Charley Case & Justin Sloan |
Black series | Russell Blake |
Cyber series | Matthew Mather |
Within These Walls | Ania Ahlborn |
The Home Distiller's Workbook | Jeff King |
Year | Title | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Arsonist by Victor Methos | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Book Narration: Crime & Thriller | Nominee | [8] |
The Enemy of My Enemy by Richard Bard | Audie Award for Mystery | Finalist | [9][10] | |
The Forgers (2014) by Bradford Morrow | Earphones Award | Winner | [11] | |
Listen Up Award for Audiobook Narrator of the Year | Finalist | [12] | ||
Listen Up Award for Fiction | Finalist | [12] | ||
Lion Plays Rough (2014) by Lachlan Smith | Earphones Award | Winner | [13] | |
The Martian by Andy Weir | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist | [14][10] | |
Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Book Narration: Science Fiction | Nominee | [8] | ||
Yesterday's Gone, Season One by Sean Platt and David Wright | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Book Narration: Science Fiction, Best Ensemble | Nominee | [8] | |
2015 | Arisen Omnibus Edition by Glynn James and Michael Stephen Fuchs | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Casting – Audiobook | Nominee | [15] |
The Beam: Season 1 by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist | [16] | |
The Beam: Season 2 by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant | Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Audio Engineering – Audiobook | Nominee | [15] | |
Cross My Heart by Abigail Strom | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Romance, Best Voiceover | Nominee | [15] | |
Damoren by Seth Skorkowsky | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist | [16] | |
The Hospital: The First Mountain Man Story by Keith C. Blackmore | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Metaphysical, Best Voiceover | Winner | [17] | |
Voice Arts Award for Outstanding Production – Audiobook | Nominee | [15] | ||
Hounacier: Valducan (2015) by Seth Skorkowsky | Earphones Award | Winner | [18] | |
Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Crime & Thriller, Best Voiceover | Winner | [17] | |
The Martian by Andy Weir | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Winner | [16][19] | |
Audie Award for Solo Narration - Male | Finalist | [16] | ||
Suffer the Children by Craig Dilouie | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist | [16] | |
Yesterday's Gone, Season One by Sean Platt and David Wright | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist | [16] | |
Yesterday’s Gone, Season 2 by Sean Platt and David Wright | Voice Arts Award for Science Fiction, Best Voiceover | Nominee | [15] | |
2016 | Hounacier: Valducan (2015) by Seth Skorkowsky | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist | [18][20] |
In the Shadow of Frankenstein (2016), edited by Stephen Jones | Earphones Award | Winner | [21] | |
2017 | 58 Minutes (1987) by Walter Wager | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Fiction, Best Voiceover | Nominee | [22] |
Diary of an AssCan by Andy Weir | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Short Story Anthology, Best Voiceover | Winner | [23] | |
The Elementals by Michael McDowell | Audie Award for Paranormal | Finalist | [24] | |
The Heavens May Fall by Allen Eskens | Audie Award for Mystery | Finalist | [24] | |
Lost Gods | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Fantasy, Best Voiceover | Finalist | [22] | |
Offbeat: Uncollected Stories | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Short Story Anthology, Best Voiceover | Finalist | [22] | |
The Reason You're Alive (2017) by Matthew Quick | Earphones Award | Winner | [25] | |
Solitude: Dimension Space by Dean M. Cole | Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration – Science Fiction, Best Voiceover | Finalist | [22] | |
2018 | Columbus Day: Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson | Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year | Finalist | [26][27] |
Battle Stations by Craig DiLouie | Independent Audiobook Award for Literary Fiction | Finalist | ||
Planetside (2018) by Michael Mammay | Earphones Award | Winner | [28] | |
Solitude: Dimension Space by Dean M. Cole | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Winner | [29] | |
2019 | The Coilhunter Chronicles: Omnibus (2017) by Dean F. Wilson | Earphones Award | Winner | [30] |
Independent Audiobook Award for Contemporary Fiction | Winner | [29] | ||
Commune by Joshua Gayou | Independent Audiobook Award for Apocalyptica | Winner | [29] | |
The Others by Jeremy Robinson | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Winner | [29] | |
Planetside (2018) by Michael Mammay | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist | [31] | |
2020 | Birthday Suit (2019) by Lauren Blakely | Audie Award for Audio Drama | Finalist | [32][33][34] |
Earphones Award | Winner | [32] | ||
Colonyside (2020) by Michael Mammay | Earphones Award | Winner | [35] | |
Deathtrap: Expeditionary Force Mavericks by Craig Alanson | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Winner | [29] | |
Extinction Shadow: Extinction Cycle by Nicholas Sansbury Smith and Anthony J. Melchiorri | Independent Audiobook Award for Apocalyptica | Winner | [29] | |
Independent Audiobook Award for Male Narrator | Finalist | |||
Dimension Space series by Dean M. Cole | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction Multitude | Finalist | ||
Tribe by Jeremy Robinson | Independent Audiobook Award for Thriller/Suspense | Finalist | ||
2021 | Florida Man by Mike Baron | Independent Audiobook Award for Humor | Finalist | [36] |
The Iceman Always Comes on Tuesday (2019) by James Masse | Earphones Award | Winner | [37] | |
The Majestic 311 by Keith C. Blackmore | Independent Audiobook Award for Best Male Narrator | Finalist | [36] | |
The Majestic 311 by Keith C. Blackmore | Independent Audiobook Award for Horror | Finalist | [36] | |
Mind Bullet (2021) by Jeremy Robinson | Earphones Award | Winner | [38] | |
Return of the Paladin by Layton Green | Independent Audiobook Award for Fantasy | Finalist | [36] | |
The Roach by Rhett C. Bruno | Independent Audiobook Award for Thriller/Suspense | Winner | ||
Ruins of the Galaxy by J.N. Chaney and Christopher Hopper | Audie Award for Science Fiction | Finalist | [39] | |
The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira by Lou Diamond Phillips | Independent Audiobook Award for Science Fiction | Finalist | [36] |
Year | Title | Award | Ref. |
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2014 | File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents (2014) by Lemony Snicket | AudioFile Best of Children | [40] |
The Martian by Andy Weir | Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults | [41] | |
2015 | Booklist's Top 10 First Novels on Audio | [42] | |
Booklist's Top 10 SF/Fantasy/Horror on Audio | [43] | ||
RUSA Listen List | [44][45][46] | ||
2017 | The Reason You're Alive (2017) by Matthew Quick | AudioFile Best of Fiction | [40] |
2018 | The Reason You're Alive (2017) by Matthew Quick | RUSA Listen List | [47] |