Melinda Cumming Voiceover Actor

Melinda has trained her way from being a “doggone” good reader to a substantial narrator through coaching from Joel Froomkin (Acting for Audiobooks, Audiobooks at Sea), PJ Ochlan’s Masterclass series, and Chris Ciulla’s weekly workouts (Leonardo Audiobooks).

Every book prep draws upon her overseas experiences in the EU, North Africa, and Central and South America. Insights into business and computer texts, scientific and medical texts, are fueled by her work at IBM, the Department of Defense (Germany), and as a research scientist and doctor of veterinary medicine. A dash of empathy and comedy leaven many of her narrations thanks to work as a children’s librarian and storyteller, and having a playful heart.

Indie authors and readers love her work. “She’s my crush!”, “Her voice gives my words a fresh interpretation that I love”, and “[Her] facility with accents and conveying characters’ emotions is beyond compare”.

Melinda prefers contemporary fiction, historical fiction, cozy mysteries, and fantasy. In non-fiction, she excels in popular science, technology, medical self-help, animal behavior and memoirs. And anything that has to do with the brain. Because she also holds a PhD in neuroscience.