Deborah Balm

Inviting, Intriguing, Informative...
A relatable, contemporary native British female voice artist with a smidge of sass. Born in Yorkshire, she now lives in Cambridge after her career in software engineering took her from Leicester, to Basel, and on to Amsterdam. This previously Nomadic lifestyle brings experience and depth to her characters.
In fiction Deborah excels in performing character voices and bringing a story off the page and into the listeners ears. She performs in multiple genres, but is best known for her Historical Romances and Thrillers and Murder Mysteries.
In Non Fiction she sounds utterly professional, effortlessly voicing technological and medical terms like she says them every day.

 Ausbildung

September 2021 Perfecting Your Pitch - Andi Arndt
April 2021 – Present Acting For Audio - Joel Leslie Froomkin
June 2019 – Present Narration Coaching - Joel Leslie Froomkin
June 2019 – Present Regular Fiction Audiobook and Business Coaching - Andi Arndt
October 2019 – June 2021 Monthly Non-fiction Audiobook and Business Coaching - Sean Allen Pratt
November 2020 Audiobook Narrators Course - Advanced - Helen Lloyd, Anita Gilbert
September/October2020 The Ultimate Accent Toolkit - Nic Redman
September 2020 Perfecting Your Pitch - Andi Arndt
February/March 2020 Weekly Improv Workshops with Cambridge Impronauts - Hamish Thomas
February 2020 Ace Your Audiobook Narration - Helen Lloyd, Anita Gilbert
October 2019 Start Getting Cast On Voiceover Job Sites - Gravy For the Brain Webcast
October 2019 Negotiating Voiceover Jobs - Gravy For the Brain Webcast
October 2019 Accent Coaching: British North East - Elspeth Morrison
October 2019 Start Getting Cast On Voiceover Job Sites - Gravy For the Brain Webcast
September 2019 London Narrator Weekend Workshop - Andi Arndt, Steve West
June-September 2019 1 hour 1:1 Coaching - Jayme Mattler
April - May 2019. 1:1 Romance Narration Coaching - Andi Arndt
February 2019 Voiceover Booth Technical Consultation -Jim Edgar
February 2019 Narrator Website Webinar - James Anderson Foster
Spring Term 2019 Acting Class/Performance Skills - Hills Road Adult Education, Cambridge
Autumn Term 2018 - Acting Class/Performance Skills - Hills Road Adult Education, Cambridge
November 2018 Voice is the Muscle of the Soul 2 Day Workshop Richard Spaul – InSitu Theatre
October 2018 The Audiobook Masterclass Workshop Weekend (London) - Johnny Heller & Sean Allen Pratt
September 2018 1:1 Romance Narration Coaching - Carol Monda

 Erfahrung

I have worked with Findaway Voices and ACX.
I am recording my 50th Audiobook.
I am popular with author's I worked with previously with most of my work currently being unauditioned repeat business, or next book in series.
Most of my projects now are PFH, however, I have sold a total of 4000 books on a Royalty Share basis

 Besonderheiten

I love singing, though not in audiobooks. I can edit and master, although these days I tend to employ an engineer for these tasks so that I can record more audiobooks.