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Bahni Turpin is an American stage and screen actor known for her roles in Malcolm X and Cold Case Files and an award-winning audiobook narrator.[1] Her audiobooks appear regularly on Amazon’s monthly top ten list. Her audiobook career includes some of the most popular and critically acclaimed books[2] in recent years, including The Help and The Hate U Give.[3] She has won 9 Audie Awards including Audiobook of the Year for Children of Blood and Bone;[4][5] 14 Earphone Awards; and 2 Odyssey Awards. Turpin has also earned a place on AudioFile magazine's list of Golden Voice Narrators.[6]

Reviews

  • House of Rougeaux "Actor Turpin’s skill with a vast array of accents brings the characters of Jaeckel’s multigenerational novel to life. …Turpin’s multifaceted performance enhances this rich tapestry of a novel."[7]
  • The Hate U Give: Turpin’s remarkable sensitivity carries this performance to the ranks of greatness.[8]

Awards and honors

In 2020, Elle magazine chose two of Turpin's narrated books (Children of Blood and Bone and The Hate U Give) for their list of "The 20 Best Audiobooks To Listen To In Quarantine."[9] Turpin has four works on Book Riot's list of "20 Must-Read Audiobooks Narrated by Black Women"[10] in 2020. She has also earned a place on AudioFile magazine's list of Golden Voice Narrators.[6]

Awards

Year Title Award Result Ref.
2010 The Help Audie Award for Fiction Winner [11]
Precious Earphones Award Winner [12]
The True Meaning of Smekday  Earphones Award Winner [13][14]
2011 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Audie Award for Nonfiction Winner [15]
The True Meaning of Smekday  Odyssey Award Winner [16]
2012 The Mighty Miss Malone Earphones Award for Children Winner [17]
2013 Hold Fast Listen Up Award for YA/Children's Finalist [18]
2014 Sugar Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist [19]
2015 Unstoppable Octobia May Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist [20]
Yellow Crocus Audie Award for Solo Narration – Female Winner [21]
2016 Citizens Creek Audie Award for Fiction Finalist [22]
Jump Back, Paul Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist [23]
The Underground Railroad Publisher Weekly's Narrator of the Year Winner [24]
2017 Sister of Mine Audie Award for Fiction Winner [25]
The Underground Railroad Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year Finalist [26][27]
Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Finalist [27]
Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [27]
2018 Children of Blood and Bone Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year Winner [4][5]
Earphones Award Winner [28]
The Hate U Give Odyssey Award Winner [29][30]
Audie Award for Best Female Narrator Winner [31]
2019 Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants Earphones Award Winner [32]
Before She Was Harriet Audie Award for Young Listeners' Title Winner [4]
Look Both Ways Earphones Award Winner [33]
Red at the Bone Earphones Award Winner [34]
The Yellow House Earphones Award for Biography & Memoir Winner
Zora and Langston Earphones Award Winner [35]
2020 The Book of Lost Friends Earphones Award for Historical Fiction Winner
Charlotte's Web  Audie Award for Middle Grade Winner [36]
Charlotte's Web  Earphones Award Winner [37]
Fighting Words Earphones Award for Children Winner
Pew Earphones Award for Fiction Winner
Red at the Bone Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [38]
2021 Fighting Words Odyssey Award Honoree [39][40]
Pew Audie Award for Literary Fiction or Classics Finalist [41]
2022 Blackout Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections Winner [42]
The Best American Short Stories 2021 Audie Award for Short Stories/Collections Finalist [42]
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev Audie Award for Fiction
Earphones Award Winner [43]

Best of the Year lists

Year Title List Ref.
2007 New England White Listen Up Award for Mystery [44]
2009 The Help ListenUp Award for Fiction [45]
2010 Precious AudioFile Best of Fiction [11]
2011 Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [46][47]
The True Meaning of Smekday Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [46]
Notable Children's Recordings [48]
2012 Bird in a Box AudioFile Best Children's Audiobooks [1]
The Mighty Miss Malone AudioFile Best of 2012: Children's [1]
The Other Half of My Heart Notable Children's Recordings [49]
2013 The Mighty Miss Malone Notable Children's Recordings [50]
2016 Jump Back, Paul Notable Children's Recordings [51]
The Sun is Also a Star Publishers Weekly Best Audiobooks of 2016 [24]
'Til the Well Runs Dry Listen List [52]
The Underground Railroad Publishers Weekly Best Audiobooks of 2016 [24]
2017 The Hate U Give Publishers Weekly Best Audiobooks for Children’s/YA [53]
A Kind of Freedom The Washington Post, Best Audiobooks [54]
Unbound Notable Children's Recordings [55]
2018 The Hate U Give Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [56]
Notable Children's Recordings [57]
The Sun is Also a Star Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [56]
2019 Ada Twist and the Perilous Pants AudioFile Best Children & Family Listening [1]
American Spy AudioFile Best Mystery & Suspense [1]
Before She Was Harriet Notable Children's Recordings [58]
Children of Blood and Bone Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [59]
Notable Children's Recordings [58][60]
The Darkest Child The Listen List [61][62]
Look Both Ways AudioFile Best Biography & Children & Family Listening [1]
Red at the Bone AudioFile Best Fiction, Poetry & Drama [1]
Zora and Langston AudioFile Best Biography & History [1]
2020 Black Enough Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [63]
On the Come Up Notable Children's Recordings [64][65]
Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [66]
Red at the Bone The Listen List [67]
Roller Girl Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [63]
Spin Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [63]
When the Ground is Hard Notable Children's Recordings [64][65]
When Stars Are Scattered AudioFile Best Children's [1]
Booklist Editors' Choice: Youth Audio [68]
2021 145th Street Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [69]
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story Booklist Editors' Choice: Adult Audio [70]
Fighting Words Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [69]
Notable Children's Recordings [71]
From the Desk of Zoe Washington Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [69]
Notable Children's Recordings [71]
Look Both Ways Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [69]
The Snow Fell Three Graves Deep Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [69][72]
This is My America Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [69]
Tiny Imperfections The Listen List [73][74]
2022 Cinderella Is Dead Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [75]
Sugar Town Queens Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [75]

Selected narrations

Books narrated by Bahni Turpin
Year Title Author(s) Other Narrator(s) Note
2006 A Piece of Cake Cupcake Brown
2009 The Help Kathryn Stockett, Octavia Spencer and Jenna Lamia
Precious Sapphire First published in 1996
2010 The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Rebecca Skloot Cassandra Campbell
2011 Pigeon English Stephen Kelman
2012 The Mighty Miss Malone Christopher Paul Curtis
The Twelve Tribes Of Hattie Ayana Mathis Adenrele Ojo and Adam Lazarre-White
2014 Bad Feminist Roxane Gay
2015 Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon Robbie Daymond
2016 Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly
If Beale Street Could Talk James Baldwin First published in 1974
The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon Raymond Lee and Dominic Hoffman
The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead
Grimm's Fairy Tales Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm Graeme Malcolm, Scott Brick, Davina Porter, Dion Graham, and Edoardo Ballerini First published in 1909
2017 The Hate U Give Angie Thomas
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera Michael Crouch and Robbie Daymond
There's Someone Inside Your House Stephanie Perkins
2018 Children Of Blood And Bone Tomi Adeyemi
So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo
A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult
2019 Children of Virtue and Vengeance Tomi Adeyemi
Look Both Ways Jason Reynolds Jason Reynolds, Heather Alicia Simms, Chris Chalk, Adenrele Ojo, Kevin R. Free, J.D. Jackson, Guy Lockard, January LaVoy, and David Sadzin
On the Come Up Angie Thomas
The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern Dominic Hoffman, Dion Graham, Fiona Hardingham, Allan Corduner, and Jorjeana Marie
American Spy Lauren Wilkinson
2020 Cinderella Is Dead Kalynn Bayron
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires Grady Hendrix
Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi
The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom
2021 Blackout Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon Joniece Abbott-Pratt, Dion Graham, Imani Parks, Jordan Cobb, Shayna Small, A.J. Beckles
Chains Laurie Halse Anderson First published in 2008
The Other Black Girl Zakiya Dalila Harris Aja Naomi King, Joniece Abbott-Pratt, and Heather Alicia Simms
Passing Nella Larsen First published in1929
2022 The Day the Crayons Came Home Drew Daywalt with Oliver Jeffers (Illus.) Barrett Leddy, Jesús E. Martínez, MacLeod Andrews, Ron Butler, Michael Crouch, Taylor Meskimen, Rob Shapiro, Tara Sands, Almarie Guerra, Jamie K. Brown, and Daniel Henning First published in 2015
Recitatif Toni Morrison Zadie Smith First published in 1983

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