World War II's most decorated hero, Audie Murphy received a battle field commission as a lieutenant and every citation the army awards plus the Congressional Medal of Honor, 1950
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American soldier Audie Murphy being honored with France's highest award for valor, the French Legion of Honor, by General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny (1948)
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Alt-history Noir mystery - Jimmy Dean's Last Dance. Out now in ebook, paperback, hardcover and audio (narrated by Audie Award winner, Johnny Heller and a multi-Narrator cast)

The blurb:

LA, 1962.

Jimmy Dean, bit part actor, befriends famed actress Marilyn Monroe. When Marilyn is found dead in her LA home, the ruling is suicide, but Jimmy thinks otherwise. As he starts digging, he comes up against those who wish to stop him from uncovering the truth. Realising that he's in over his head, Jimmy calls former business partner, Mississippi truck driver, Elvis Presley. As Jimmy and Elvis begin to search deeper, they uncover a potential link between Marilyn's death and the highest office in the land.

Jimmy Dean's Last Dance is an alt-history Noir Detective novel in the tradition of The Big Sleep, Chinatown and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.

Link to Amazon page:

Jimmy Dean's Last Dance

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TIL Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated combat soldiers of WW2, who earned every combat award available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism, went on to have an acting career after the war and ended up starring as himself in a movie about his own wartime heroics. history.com/.amp/news/aud…
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Audie Murphy was awarded every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism.
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An interview with Ray Porter: an award–winning and Audie-nominated narrator of over 400 audiobooks

Listen to the voice that launched a thousand characters as Ray Porter joins the boys today. He's brought to life Jack Carr's James Reece, Don Winslow's Art Keller, Andrews & Wilson's John Dempsey, and so many others. This week he brings Darkseid to life on the big screen in Zack Snyder's Justice League. Check it out...

https://youtu.be/uQgD3AeMNXQ

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Lt Gen Alexander Patch awarding 1st Lt Audie Murphy the Medal of Honor for his last stand at the Colmar Pocket in January 1945, aged just 19. Award was given on August 9th 1945 [602x473]
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Stranded 1 has been nominated in the Audio Drama category of the Audie Awards 2021 bigfinish.com/news/v/big-…
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An interview with award–winning and Audie-nominated narrator of over 400 audiobooks, RAY PORTER.

Ray Porter has narrated Dennis E. Taylor's books Outland, We Are Legion (We Are Bob): Bobiverse, Book 1, among many others.

https://youtu.be/uQgD3AeMNXQ

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This group is going to eventually win every entertainment award ever created. The audio version of their book 'The Deep', cowritten with Rivers Solomon and read by Daveed, has been nominated for an Audie Award (big news in my book nerd world). It is absolutely worth a listen. bookriot.com/2021-audie-a…
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TIL of Audie Murphy who was awarded every military combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French and Belgian awards for heroism. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aud…
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Audie Awards 2021 - Winners of best audiobooks for the year audiopub.org/winners/2021…
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Audie Awards 2021 - Winners of best audiobooks for the year audiopub.org/winners/2021…
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The Audie awards had 1500 audiobook submission this year - here one of the judges discuses five of the best.

Michele Cobb, Executive Director of the Audio Publishers Association, talks through some of the 2021 winners, including the 'audiobook of the year.

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TIL about The Most Decorated Soldier of All Time "Audie Murphy". He received award for valor available from the U.S. Army, French and Belgian awards for heroism. Murphy received the Medal of Honor for valor that he demonstrated at the age of 19 for holding off an entire German company alone. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aud…
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RA's narration of The Chekhov Collection of Short Stories wins the Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections! (@audiobook TWT)
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TIL despite being poor, one of the most decorated war veterans, Audie Murphy, refused to appear in alcohol and tobacco commericals. He had won every possible US Army Award for combat in WWII. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aud…
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2020 Audie Award Winners audiofilemagazine.com/aud…
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TIL Audie Murphy received every military combat award for valor available from the US, plus awards from other countries. He single-handedly held off a company of German soldiers for, then led a successful counterattack while wounded & out of ammo. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aud…
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Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated combat soldiers of the second world war - he received every military combat award for valor available from the Army, as well as Belgian and French awards for heroism
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The Best Audiobooks: 2021 Audie Awards fivebooks.com/best-books/…
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2021 Audie Awards Finalists

https://audiofilemagazine.com/audies/

Winners announced on March 22

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Audiobook Narrators Thank Stephen King | Lifetime Achievement Audie Award youtu.be/-pAOsXUwCWk
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TIL that during WWII Audie Murphy earned every US Army combat award for valor, and several French and Belgian awards for heroism. He earned the Medal of Honor at 19 for holding off a company of German soldiers for an hour, then leading a successful counter attack while out of ammo and wounded. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aud…
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TIL That despite being on hard times, One of the US most decorated war veterans repeatedly turned down offers to appear in Alcohol and Tobacco commercials because he knew it would be a bad role model for young people. The soldier, Audie Murphy, had won every single US Army Award for combat in WWII. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aud…
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Audie Award 2019 finalists announced

I've listened to a few, these awards definitely add a few titles to my wish list every year

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Santino wins an Audie Award for his work on Stephen King’s The Institute audiopub.org/winners/2020…
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These are the Audie Award Finalists
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Interesting interview with the Audie Award judges discussing what makes a great audiobook.

Three interviews with the Audie judges on the recent awards and a discussion on what makes the Best Audiobooks

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The holy grail of audiobook lists. Every Audie Award winner and finalist, in each category, since their creation.
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Audiobook Narrators Thank Stephen King | Lifetime Achievement Audie Award [X-Post From /r/stephenking] youtu.be/-pAOsXUwCWk
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2018 Audie Award Finalists Released

What surprises you the most?

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VIDEO from the 2020 Audie Awards, where King recieved a Lifetime Achievement Award! c-span.org/video/?468483-…
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Holy Crap! My audio book is nominated for an Audie I think I just may go to NY for the award ceremony recordedbooksblog.com/?p=…
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Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated combat soldiers of the second world war - he received every military combat award for valor available from the Army, as well as Belgian and French awards for heroism
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STUFF AND NONSENSE Threadbare, Book 1: Up for an Audie Award for Best Male Narrator audiofilemagazine.com/aud…
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List of 2017 Winners of the 22nd Annual Audie Awards

FULL LIST OF FINALISTS AND WINNERS

List of Winners on Audible

Audiobook of the Year

  • Hamilton: The Revolution

Best Female Narrator

  • Be Frank with Me: A Novel

Best Male Narrator

  • Jerusalem

Narration by Author

  • A Life in Parts

Excellence in Design

  • Geek Feminist Revolution

Excellence in Marketing

  • Battlefield Earth

Excellence in Production

  • Alien: Out of the Shadows

Multi-Voiced Perf.

  • Small Great Things

Original Work

  • The Dispatcher

Young Adult

  • Salt to the Sea

Middle Grade

  • How to Fight a Dragon's Fury

Audio Drama

  • In the Embers

Young Listeners

  • 28 Days: Moments in Black History That Changed the World

Fiction

  • Sister of Mine

Literary Fiction

  • Homegoing

Thriller/Suspense

  • Cross Justice

Mystery

  • The Crossing

Romance

  • Dirty: A Dive Bar Novel

Erotica

  • Marriage Games

Paranormal

  • Ghost Gifts

Science Fiction

  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Fantasy

  • The Hike

Faith-Based Fiction

  • Risen

Faith-Based Non-Fiction

  • The Awakening of HK Derryberry

Humor

  • I'm Judging You

Autobiography/Memoir

  • The Greatest

History/Biography

  • In Harm's Way

Business/Educational

  • Humans Need Not Apply

Non-Fiction

  • Hillbilly Elegy
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The 23rd Audie Awards Gala is tonight! Tune in to the Audiobook Community Facebook Page for a livestream of the ceremony hosted by award-winning narrator, Simon Vance. Pre-show with Suzanne Elise Freeman and PJ Ochlan begins at 6:15pm Eastern and the award ceremony begins at 8pm Eastern. facebook.com/audiobookcom…
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The 2014 Audie Award finalists have been announced, with SF audiobook nominees including Kim Stanley Robinson, Wil Wheaton narrating John Scalzi, Neil Gaiman narrating himself, John Hodgman narrating Robert Sheckley, and more audiobookaneers.com/2014/…
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Hitchhiker’s Hexagonal Phase wins Audie Award scifibulletin.com/2019/03…
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2016 Audie Award Winners

Hey /r/Audiobooks, if you didn't know, the 2016 Audie Awards took place last week! I didn't see any posts about this yet so I figured I would put together a list of the winners. Hopefully this can help some of you find your next listen.

Audio Drama: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Audiobook of the Year: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Autobiography/Memoir: Ghost Boy by Martin Pistorius
Best Female Narrator: Wild Rover by L.A. Meyer, read by Katherine Kellgren
Best Male Narrator: The English Spy by Daniel Silva, read by George Guidall
Business/Personal Development: Wake Up Happy by Michael Strahan
Erotica: Curing Doctor Vincent by Renea Mason
Excellence in Design: The Hunger Games Trilogy Collection by Suzanne Collins
Excellence in Marketing: Locke & Key by Joe Hill & Gabriel Rodriguez
Excellence in Production: Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book: The Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling
Fantasy: Nice Dragons Finish Last by Rachel Aaron
Fiction: The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
History/Biography: A Man on the Moon by Andrew Chaikin
Humor: Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Inspirational/Faith-Based Fiction: To Win Her Favor by Tamera Alexander
Inspirational/Faith-Based Non-Fiction: Boy Born Dead by David Ring, David Wideman, & John Driver
Literary Fiction & Classics: Little Big Man by Thomas Berger
**Middle Gra

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An interview with award–winning and Audie-nominated narrator of over 400 audiobooks, RAY PORTER.

Listen to the voice that launched a thousand characters as Ray Porter joins the boys today. He's brought to life Jack Carr's James Reece, Don Winslow's Art Keller, Andrews & Wilson's John Dempsey, and so many others. This week he brings Darkseid to life on the big screen in Zack Snyder's Justice League. Check it out...

https://youtu.be/uQgD3AeMNXQ

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