This Is the Author
Penguin Random House Audio
4.9from 23 ratings
- 758
- Episodes
- 20
- Transcribed
- 23
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2016
- First episode
- 2M
- YouTube views
About This Is the Author
A podcast about authors reading their audiobooks from Penguin Random House Audio.
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House Audio
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 12 Feb 2016
- Latest episode
- 20 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
20 of 758 episodes have a transcript.
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
S11 E40: Melissa King, Ron Clements, and Gina Fiore
14 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
S11 E39: Vanessa Van Edwards, Ben Meer, and Sabrina Zohar
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
S11 E38: Dr. Suzanne Garfinkle-Crowell, Lindsay Owens, and August Lamm
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S11 E40: Melissa King, Ron Clements, and Gina Fiore
Published 20 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So I hope whoever's listening to my book really feels a little bit of them in my journey. If I had one word to describe what it was like recording my audio book, it would definitely be challenging. It was very challenging to record this audio book. Not just because I'm dyslexic, but also because of all the emotions. Like everything just kind of comes back up. I'm reliving the story at the same time I'm telling it to you. And so there's just a lot of feels in the whole experience. I realized I did not know how to pronounce the word Mandarin. And many of the Italian words, French words... There's a lot of words in there that were quite difficult. […]
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- Melissa King
- Ron Clements
- Gina Fiore
- Vanessa Van Edwards
- Ben Meer
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 2,075,808
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 21 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.5 / 5
- 2 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 86 / 100
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- Quality
- 98
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 90
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The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
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