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  : Kicking Open the Audiobook Narration Studio Door with Dina Perlman 

  
  


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  Guest Spotlight: Dina Perlman

  
  


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  Dina Perlman is an Audie Award nominated narrator with more than three hundred audiobooks to her name; she trained at Carnegie Mellon University and built a dynamic career as an actress, comedian, and storyteller in New York City. On screen she is known for Sex and the City as Ruby Rosen the jeweler; Spike Lee’s Bamboozled as Myrna Goldfarb; and guest turns across prestige television including The Good Fight; Blue Bloods; The Sopranos; Law and Order; Law and Order Criminal Intent; Third Watch; FBI; New Amsterdam; and Harlem. On stage and in clubs she has honed a sharp stand up voice and brings that timing and character sense to the booth.

  
  


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  Audiobook Highlights

  
  


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  We Know Dina from her beautiful Narration of Sunday Edition Collaborator and Friend Barb Hinske novels including Coming to Rosemont 

  
  


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  Epic fantasy listeners know Dina for Polgara the Sorceress by David Eddings and Leigh Eddings; science fiction fans have followed her command performances through Mike Shepherd’s universes including Kris Longknife Redoubtable and the Vicky Peterwald series like Rebel; contemporary mystery and thriller fans will recognize her from multi narrator projects such as Wicked Wanted Widows as well as stand alone titles ranging from Christmas Moon by J R Rain to timely nonfiction and essay collections. Across genres Dina blends crisp pacing with vivid character work and emotional nuance.

  
  


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  Inside the Studio

  
  


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  We open the door on process; preparing a script; marking breaths and beats; choosing character anchors; and protecting the voice during long sessions. Dina shares practical notes on building stamina; tracking continuity and adapting to remote workflows. We also get real about auditions; rejection; and resilience; how to navigate rates; rights; and realistic timelines; and how to advocate for accessibility and inclusion in casting and production.

  
  


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  Ambition; Balance; and the Filter of Love

  
  


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  A through line in our conversation is ambition guided by values. Dina talks about choosing projects that resonate; saying no when the calendar is already full; and using love and family as the filter for major life choices. We explore how that compass steadies a creative career through feast and famine; how boundaries protect both the art and the human; and how making room for relationships and rest actually sharpens the work.

  
  

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