Sally Darling – Bio
Narrator, Actress, Director, Coach, and Cabaret Performer
Over 250 Fiction and Non-Fiction books
Winner of the 2016 MAC Hanson Award (cabaret)
When I found audio books and my passion for them around 2007, one of the first book series that I had to find was Anne McCaffrey’s original Dragonsong, Dragonsinger, and Dragondrums set. And that is how I was introduced to Sally Darling.
(I found this GREAT YouTube review (below) of the 3 book series if you would like more detail on the actual books. Of course, for our purposes, we are focusing on the audio portion here at NarrationZone, but this is a great book review of the full 3-book series, so check it out!)
I remember reading this series as a pre-teen (wow) many years ago. The Dragonriders of Pern series continued after Anne’s passing in 2011, with her son Todd carrying on her work. Sally does a beautiful job on this 3-book set in the series.
Her portrayal of this set seems to show a sensitivity to the characters that invokes images in my mind of sitting around the kitchen table in long conversations with Anne. In reading about Anne over the years, I know that she was a very social person. Often having friends over, other authors, fans, friends of her children, to discuss books and stories. Getting their input and views on her works and other books that caught her fancy. I can picture Anne and Sally doing the same.
Of course, it probably didn’t happen anything like that. There were probably emails and maybe some phone conversations, but it’s not likely that Sally went all the way to Ireland prior to completing the projects. Still, I like to imagine that it could have been like that.
I can’t say that I’m into the Cabaret aspect of Sally’s work. She is obviously very good at it and I do find it interesting, but not as fascinating as other art forms. I can say that I see Sally as an accomplished narrator, with an impressive line of works. I mean, think about it. Over 250 narrated works! That’s awesome!
So many to choose from, and too many to list here. However, you can see below for just a small listing of some of the narrated works that are available for your listening pleasure. I hope that you enjoy them.
If you have a favorite Sally Darling narrated work, please feel free to list it in the comments below.
Happy Listening!
Sample narrated works by Sally Darling –
Dragonsong, Harper Hall Trilogy Book 1 , Anne McCaffrey
Dragonsinger, Harper Hall Trilogy Book 2 , Anne McCaffrey
Dragondrums, Harper Hall Trilogy Book 3 , Anne McCaffrey
She Walks These Hills , Sharyn McCrumb
The Ponder Heart , Eudora Welty
The Hangman’s Beautiful Daughter , Sharyn McCrumb
Fox’s Earth , Anne River Siddons
Lunch at the Piccadilly , Clyde Edgerton
Delta Wedding , Eudora Welty
Under the Man-Fig , Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O , Sharyn McCrumb
Mrs. Bridge , Evan Connell
The Rosewood Casket , Sharyn McCrumb
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew , Margaret Sidney
Garden of Shadows , V.C. Andrews