breathing by jessica graham narrated by hillary huber.incident by stephen king narrated by santino, lady in the lake by laura lipman narrated by susan bennett. winter don by alex mcallister narrated by our pack. >> the audie awards goes to simon & schuster audio for the institute. [applause] >> very nice. okay. from this point forward we invite those who win audie awards to join us on stage to say a few words. for keywords for narration the 2019 winners for best female narrator and best male narrator and the voices of this evening's finalist video so you know their voices well for many reasons, julia whelan and atwater ballerina he. >> high, guys. we have copy. according to -- i got to mean like this. according to a 2018 study listening to audiobooks increases the emotional impact of stories over watching them on the screen. >> it measured things like heart rate and body temperature. are we sure this is right? people listening to audiobooks compared watching tv or movies, scenes with similar emotional intensity, length, and narrative. aud

[inaudible] hillary huber is nominated. [applause] for best female narrator. also doing the voice of god introductions tonight so for everyone sake i really hope she wins you don't want the angry voice of god. >> no you don't. [laughter] you don't want to make me angry. >> you would not like her when she is angry. >> please reveal yourself so we can worship you. [cheers and applause] now while the history of the audie awards quÉbec 25 years but the audiobook goes back much further their western literature a was an audiobook i'm talking the iliad as read by homer. [laughter] they wanted james earl jones but he was unavailable anybody who took school latin it was intended to be heard, not read the iliad received raves as did the odyssey. he had a two poem deal. go with that it is whimsical. [laughter] there was a problem 800 bc there was no such thing to record so they actually had to find homer and get him to recite his work life. he was blind and wandering around he could be crabby especially if you poked him to go back or if you ask him to read. needless to s