About Robert Hicks
Robert Hicks works in music publishing and artist management for rock and country acts. He served as a cocurator on the exhibition “Art of Tennessee” and was the coeditor of the exhibitions award-winning catalog of the same name. Working in the field of historic preservation, he has served on the boards of the Tennessee State Museum, the historic Carnton Plantation, the Williamson County Historical Society, and the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts. He is the author of The Widow of the South and has written many essays and articles on regional history, southern material culture, and music.
About the Narrators
Becky
Ann Baker, narrator and actress, has received critics’ praise for her readings
of books by such authors as Stephen King, James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Iris
Johansen, and Karin Slaughter. She has performed in numerous roles on Broadway,
starring in Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins.
Her many television credits include Girls,
Smash, and Nurse Jackie, and her film credits include Spider-Man 3, The Discoverers,
and Hope Springs.
David Chandler is an Earphones Award–winning narrator who has read numerous titles for New York Times bestselling authors William Kent Krueger and C. J. Box, among others.
Jonathan Davis has been inducted into the Audible Narrator Hall of Fame. A three-time recipient and fourteen-time nominee of the Audie Award, he has earned accolades for his narration from the New York Times, Publishers Weekly, the American Library Association, Booklist, the Audio Publishers Association, AudioFile magazine, and USA Today. He has narrated a variety of bestsellers and award-winners for top publishing houses. He also narrated over forty titles of the Star Wars franchise for Lucasfilm Ltd./PRH Audio, including several iconic movie tie-ins, has participated with Star Wars Celebration, and has built a significant fan base. His work as a narrator includes films and programming for National Geographic Television, NOVA, PBS, VH1, and Francis Ford Coppola. He grew up in Puerto Rico and speaks Spanish, Portuguese, and Hebrew.
Tom Wopat was born in Lodi, Wisconsin, in 1951. He is an American
actor and singer, first achieving fame as Luke Duke in the long-running 1979
television series The Dukes of
Hazzard. His audiobook readings include Beyond Suspicion, Dark Watch, and The Crush.