Audie-nominated Australian narrator

Native Australian | comedic timing | nuanced Dialect work

I am an audiobook narrator, voice artist, dialect coach, and voice teacher based in Cincinnati, Ohio and originally from Sydney, Australia.

Over the past decade, I've narrated 200+ audiobooks for publishers including Penguin Random House, Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, HarperCollins, and Hachette. My work has earned three Audie Award nominations and eight AudioFile/Kirkus Reviews Earphones Awards, including roles in Charlotte McConaghy's Wild Dark Shore (a Reese's Book Club pick, 2026 Audiobook of the Year Audie nomination) and Geraldine Brooks' Horse (2023 Literary Fiction Audie Nomination).

An accent chameleon, I frequently narrate across American, UK, and Australian accents. Outside of the recording studio, I enjoy exploring Cincinnati’s many arts festivals, playing RPGs, and knitting jumpers for my tiny dog.

stories I love to tell

Queer/feminist sci-fi and fantasy
Literary fiction with unlikeable protagonists
Chatty non-fiction
Humour balanced with tragedy and vice versa.

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Audiobook demos

Genre samples

Accent reels

Book cover for 'Zanni Louise Queenie in Seven Moves' showing a girl with braided hair holding a guitar, a stylized map background with houses, trees, and roads.

Book cover titled "All-Nighter" by Cecilia Vinesse, featuring two young women talking and a group of people in the background at a party with purple and pink neon lighting.

Cover of the audiobook "The Last Summer of Ada Bloom" by Martine Murray, featuring a pink rose with green leaves on a yellow background, with pink and white text. A yellow banner on the lower right corner indicates "Only From Audible."

Book cover titled 'Nearly Roadkill: Queer Love on the Run' by Kate Bornstein and Caitlin Sullivan, with bold pink, blue, green, and orange text.

Book cover titled 'Ribbon Wood' by Ruby Landers with green foliage and pink flowers in the background.

Book cover for "Strangers in the Villa" by Robyn Harding, featuring an open window with a sunset view over water and landscape.

Book cover for 'Return to Sender' by Lauren Draper featuring a young woman with auburn hair looking away, a young man in the background, and paper planes over water.

Cover of the book 'Five Found Dead' by Sulari Gentill, featuring a silhouette of a person sitting by a window with a dark, starry sky in the background.

Book cover for 'Glassworks' by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith with stained glass window design and a bee illustration.

Book cover for "Toward Eternity" by Anton Huri. The cover features a fantasy scene with colorful flowers, a moon, and swirling vine-like structures. The title and author's name are prominently displayed.

Book cover titled 'Come On In' from Recorded Books, featuring illustrated diverse women, edited by Adi Alsaid, with 15 stories about immigration and finding home.

Book cover for 'Death at Morning House' by Maureen Johnson featuring a vintage armchair, side table with a candle, green wallpaper, pink paint splatters, and framed photographs on the wall.

Cover of the audiobook "A World With No Shore" by Hélène Gaudy, featuring a partial face of a young woman with blonde hair, a mountain landscape, and a flying bird.

Illustration of two people standing on a dock over water, facing each other, with book title 'Only Hope' by Ruby Landers and Katherine Littrell displayed.

Cover of the book titled "The 2084 Report" by James Lawrence Powell, featuring a colorful landscape with mountains, clouds, and a sky with vibrant colors.

Close-up of a woman with colorful hair and purple lipstick wearing white sunglasses with the words 'The Bright Siders' inside the lenses.

Book cover titled 'Burnt Tongues Anthology' edited by Chuck Palahniuk, featuring a blue bust of a woman's head with red flames and tree branches, a yellow bird on top of the bust, two skulls, and an eye at the top.

Book cover titled 'Closer to Okay' by Amy Watson, featuring an illustration of a girl sitting beside a window with pink and purple tones.

Cover of a book titled "The Dog of the North" by Elizabeth McKenzie, featuring an illustration of a turquoise van with a yellow star on it, a palm tree, and a yellow sun in a pink and purple landscape. It includes a green sticker indicating it's a Wo

Book cover for Mrs. K. Patrick with a black and white photo of a woman and red graphic design elements.

Book cover of 'The Fabled Stables: Willa the Wisp' showing a smiling girl jumping with her arms outstretched, a blue glowing dragon, a sunset sky with stars, and a green field with a small house.

Book cover for 'Earth Flight' by Janet Edwards, featuring a young woman standing outdoors with a cosmic background including the Earth and a large glowing celestial body.

Cover of a book titled 'Fromage à Trois' by Victoria Brownlee featuring an illustration of a woman with black hair, red lipstick, wearing a wide-brimmed hat with black and white stripes and a red band, and a white and blue striped shirt, set against

Book cover titled 'Making Friends with Alice Dyson' by Poppy Nwosu, featuring a woman with glasses and flowing hair surrounded by small dancing figures in colorful shades.

Book cover for "Hunter Hunted" by Keri Arthur, featuring a woman with long red hair holding a glowing fireball in her hands, with a wolf in the background, set in a dark, eerie forest.

Book cover for 'Island Time' by Georgia Clark featuring an illustration of two women sitting at an outdoor tiki bar, with colorful tropical plants and a beach hut in the background.

Title page of a book or album cover with the text 'into bones like oil karaon warren' over an abstract, dark, textured background with house windows and a light source in the upper right corner.

Illustration of a girl and a boy looking at their phones with the quote "It sounded better in my head" by Nina Kenwood in the center.

Cover of the book titled "The Last Garden in England" by Julia Kelly, featuring a woman in a red coat walking through a lush greenhouse filled with colorful flowers and greenery.

Book cover artwork titled "Little Bird" by Cynthia Voigt, with cover illustration of a black bird standing on the ground in a lush, green forest scene with trees, leaves, and colorful plants.

Book cover for 'Little White Lies' by Jennifer Lynn Barnes featuring a pink flower with torn flower petals around it.

Cover of an audio book titled 'Making Friends with Alice Dyson' by Poppy Nwosu, featuring a woman with long hair and glasses, surrounded by colorful illustrated figures.

Book cover with an illustration of a couple at the beach and at a bar, featuring titles "Maybe Once" and "Maybe Twice" by Alison Rose Greenberg.

stats and studio info

At a glance

Vocal age 20s–30s

Titles 200+ audiobooks for publishers including Blackstone, Podium, Brilliance, Macmillan Audio, Hachette Audio and HarperAudio

Awards Audie nominee: Audiobook of the Year 2026 (Wild Dark Shore), Literary Fiction 2023 (Horse), Short Story 2021 (Burnt Tongues). Eight Kirkus Earphones Awards.

Training MFA Voice Studies (Distinction), Royal Central School of Speech and Drama; BA, Bryn Mawr College; Knight-Thompson Speechwork

Strengths Comedic timing, subtle characterisation, dialect work, Australian/US dual citizen

Union and memberships SAG-AFTRA, VASTA, NAVA, QueerVox (board)

Studio

Booth Studiobricks OnePlus

Microphone Rode NT-1

Interface Rode AI-1

Recording software Adobe Audition

Directed sessions Riverside or Zoom

Deliverables 44.1 kHz mono; RMS −23 to −18 dB; peaks at −3 dB or lower; noise floor below −60 dB. Edited and mastered by a professional editor. Other specs on request.

Travel Portable recording kit for work away from the studio

Fluent accents

Whole-book narration

Australian (native, Sydney)
American (General, Southern)
British RP (Standard Southern British)
White South African
New Zealand
Scottish (Edinburgh)

Character accents

Secondary characters and dialogue

Other British and Irish: Irish, Welsh, Scottish, London/Cockney, Yorkshire/Northern, Midlands, West Country
Other American: New York, Brooklyn, Boston, Appalachian, Italian-American (New Jersey), Mid-Atlantic/Transatlantic
Eastern European: Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Russian, Ukrainian, Latvian
Western European: Dutch, Italian, German, French, Greek
Scandinavian: Norwegian

… and I’m always excited to learn something new!

Video Game and Commercial demos

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What’s it like to work with Kat?

Kat voices Rae in Misfit Village’s Go Home Annie

“I've had the tremendous pleasure of directing Katherine for the videogame Go Home Annie. She was an absolute delight to work with in every sense. Her ability to take direction but make the character her own within those guidelines was simply marvelous. And oh, seeing her switch accents so seamlessly practically midst sentence is a miracle to behold. I cannot recommend Katherine enough and I look forward to collaborating with her again in the future.”

— Lovro Golac, Misfit Village

“The tone of voice of a great audiobook narrator can make you feel like you’re having a chat with a friend… while listening to Australian author Nina Kenwood’s YA romcom It Sounded Better in My Head, I couldn’t stop laughing.”

—Megan Mabee, BookRiot “On the Companionship of Audiobooks and Podcasts”
“Katherine Littrell's exceptional performance transforms this dialogue-rich MeToo novel into an audiobook that shows how a skilled narrator can create memorable and, at times, contemptible, characters that raise a book to a higher level.”

—29 Seconds by TM Logan, Kirkus Reviews
“Katherine Littrell is a great narrator, so much so, I can’t wait to listen to more of her books.”

—@becauseaudiobooks review, Maybe Once Maybe Twice by Alison Rose Greenberg
“Katherine Littrell gives an operatic and beautifully detailed performance of this gorgeous debut… Her performance feels like a kind of time travel as she brings each place and time period to life.”

—Glassworks by Olivia Wolfgang-Smith, Kirkus Reviews
“Katherine Littrell's sultry voice is as luscious and irresistible as Patrick's prose”

— Mrs S by K Patrick, Kirkus Reviews
“The voice acting deserves special mention here. It’s rare for a game to deliver performances that feel this natural, but Go Home Annie excels in this department.”

— Game 8
“Katherine Littrell hits every comedic and dramatic note in her narration of this family saga... Littrell paints clear and beautiful pictures as her American, Southern, and Australian accents add to the appeal of the story.”

— Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie, Kirkus Reviews

Awards and Media

Book cover for 'A Horse' by Geraldine Brooks, featuring a colorful illustration of a sunset over a fence and open landscape.

Awards

2026 Audie Nominee for Audiobook of the Year, Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
2023 Audie Nominee for Literary Fiction, Horse by Geraldine Brooks
2021 Audie Nominee for Short Story, Burnt Tongues ed. by Chuck Palahniuk
2024 Earphones Award for Toward Eternity by Anton Hur (Science Fiction)
2023 Earphones Award for Dog of the North by Elizabeth McKenzie (Literary Fiction)
2022 Earphones Award for Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Historical Fiction)
2021 Earphones Award for The Last Garden in England by Julia Kelly (Historical Fiction)
2020 Earphones Award for It Sounded Better in my Head by Nina Kenwood (Young Adult)
2020 Earphones Award for 29 Seconds by TM Logan (Mystery and Suspense)
2020 Earphones Award for Sisters of Sword and Song by Rebecca Ross (Young Adult Fantasy)
2019 Earphones Award for Fromage a Trois by Victoria Brownlee (Romance)

Featured Media

The Crafting Audiobooks Podcast with Jennifer Jill Aray and Sarah Beth Goer
BookRiot “On the Companionship of Audiobooks and Podcasts”
The Narrator Roundtable Podcast Ep. 103: An Authentic Sounding Australian
The Nomad Narrator Podcast: Dialect Deep Dive - British RP
Audiofile Behind the Mic Podcast about Fromage a Trois
Audiofile Behind the Mic Podcast about The Last Garden in England
Audiofile Behind the Mic Podcast about Horse

Book cover of "Wild Dark Shore" by Charlotte McConaghy, featuring a stormy sky with dark clouds and orange hues.

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Audie-nominated Australian narrator

Native Australian | comedic timing | nuanced Dialect work

stories I love to tell

Audiobook demos

Genre samples

Accent reels

stats and studio info

At a glance

Studio

Fluent accents

Character accents

Video Game and Commercial demos

What’s it like to work with Kat?

“The tone of voice of a great audiobook narrator can make you feel like you’re having a chat with a friend… while listening to Australian author Nina Kenwood’s YA romcom It Sounded Better in My Head, I couldn’t stop laughing.”

“Katherine Littrell's exceptional performance transforms this dialogue-rich MeToo novel into an audiobook that shows how a skilled narrator can create memorable and, at times, contemptible, characters that raise a book to a higher level.”

“Katherine Littrell is a great narrator, so much so, I can’t wait to listen to more of her books.”

“Katherine Littrell gives an operatic and beautifully detailed performance of this gorgeous debut… Her performance feels like a kind of time travel as she brings each place and time period to life.”

“Katherine Littrell's sultry voice is as luscious and irresistible as Patrick's prose”

“The voice acting deserves special mention here. It’s rare for a game to deliver performances that feel this natural, but Go Home Annie excels in this department.”

“Katherine Littrell hits every comedic and dramatic note in her narration of this family saga... Littrell paints clear and beautiful pictures as her American, Southern, and Australian accents add to the appeal of the story.”

Awards and Media

Awards

Featured Media

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