Scott Brick

Scott Brick (born January 30, 1966, in Santa Barbara, California) is an American actor, writer and award-winning narrator of over 800 audiobooks, including popular titles such as Washington: A Life, Moneyball, and Cloud Atlas. He has narrated works for a number of high-profile authors, including Brad Meltzer, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Michael Crichton, Clive Cussler and John Grisham.

Early life Brick studied acting and writing at UCLA before embarking on his professional career in 1989.

Career

Audiobooks

In 1999, Brick began narrating audiobooks and found himself a popular choice for top publishers and authors. After recording some 250 titles in five years, AudioFile magazine named Brick “one of the fastest-rising stars in the audiobook galaxy," Publishers Weekly then went on to honor Brick as Narrator of the Year in 2007 and 2011. To date, he has won over 50 Earphone Awards, two Audie Awards and a nomination for a Grammy Award.

He opened his own audiobook recording studio and publishing company, Brick By Brick Audiobooks, with the goals of streamlining production and ensuring consistency throughout his body of work. (Taking a note from DVDs, many of Brick By Brick's titles also include extra features, such as interviews and illustrations.) On May 16, 2008, Brick By Brick Audiobooks released its first title: Lord Foul's Bane, from Stephen R. Donaldson's The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. By April 4, 2009, Brick had narrated and released the other two titles in the initial trilogy (The Illearth War and The Power That Preserves), along with Fatal Revenant, the eighth book in the series. When completed, this debut project will result in new unabridged audio narrations of all 10 titles of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant series. The first trilogy, The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever, was released in print from 1977 to 1979; The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant was released in print from 1980 to 1983; and The Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant tetralogy was released in print and audio format from 2004 to 2013.

Brick By Brick Audiobooks has since grown to include the unabridged recordings of M. K. Wren's three-volume The Phoenix Legacy (Sword of the Lamb, Shadow of the Swan and House of the Wolf), as well as literary classics such as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The CD version of the latter includes four audio discs, as well as a fifth disc of bonus material which includes the original 1843 First Edition illustrations by John Leech (caricaturist) and a photo of Brick playing the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in a 1995 stage production of A Christmas Carol.

In October 2009, Brick compiled and released Gothic Horror: Bloodcurdling Tales from the World’s Greatest Authors, a collection of short stories from famous authors such as Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Mary Shelley and more. In an innovative twist, every All Hallow’s Eve hence a new story by a new author will be added to the Gothic Horror library, giving listeners an ever-growing collection of classic horror on audio.

Brick cites as his favorite audiobook readings Philip K. Dick's Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (released under the film adaptation's title, Blade Runner) and Budd Schulberg's What Makes Sammy Run? "I would have them back just so I could redo them year after year after year. Because they never get old for me."

Stage and cinema Brick spent 10 years with the LA-based traveling Shakespeare troupe Will and Company, performing for schools throughout California. He has appeared as Cyrano, Hamlet, and Macbeth in productions throughout the country. In 2005, he collaborated with author Orson Scott Card to adapt a collection of the author’s short stories for the stage in a production titled Posing as People.

In 2008, Brick appeared in "The Delivery," a short film from Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle DeCuir and Skyboat Films starring Efrem Zimbalist, Jr., Michael York, John Rubinstein, Stephanie Zimbalist, Harlan Ellison and Orson Scott Card, among others. The Delivery won First Place in Fantasy at the 2008 Dragon*Con Independent Film Festival. The trailer for The Delivery can be viewed online. In 2010, Brick appeared as Agent Frank Donnolly in the independent film, Hit Parade, written and directed by comic book writer Joe Casey. The trailer for Hit Parade can be viewed online. The DVD can be purchased on Amazon or watched via Amazon Online.

Writing Brick, standing in the red shirt, at the 2012 New York Comic Con. In 2000, Brick was hired to adapt Arthur C. Clarke’s Rendezvous with Rama for the big screen by Morgan Freeman and Revelations Entertainment with David Fincher attached to direct. Brick has written articles in a variety of comic book, science fiction and toy-related subjects for publications such as Wizard Magazine, ToyFare, Comics Buyer's Guide, Creative Screenwriting and others.

In 2012 Brick completed his first novel, a modern-day supernatural thriller based on an 18th-century murder in New England. He also wrote an instructional guide, Narrating Audiobooks by Scott Brick.

Darwin's Children (2003) by Greg Bear Audie Award for Science Fiction Finalist Dune: The Machine Crusade (2003) by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson Audie Award for Science Fiction Finalist Cloud Atlas (2004) by David Mitchell Audie Award for Literary Fiction Finalist In Cold Blood (1966) by Truman Capote Listen-Up Award for True Crime Finalist

At First Sight by Stephen J. Cannell Listen-Up Award for Thriller Finalist Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert Audie Award for Achievement in Production Finalist Dune (1965) by Frank Herbert Audie Award for Science Fiction Winner 2010 No One Would Listen by Harry Markopolos Listen Up Award for Nonfiction Finalist 2011 by Miyamoto Musashi Audie Award for Classics Finalist

Listen-Up Award for Audiobook Reader of the Year Winner Moneyball (2003) by Michael Lewis Listen-Up Award for Nonfiction Winner

by Brad Meltzer Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense Finalist METAtropolis: Green Space by Jay Lake, Elizabeth Bear, Karl Schroeder, Seanan McGuire, Tobias S. Buckell, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Ken Scholes Audie Award for Original Work Finalist Report from Nuremberg: The International War Crimes Trial by Harold Burson Audie Award for Distinguished Achievement in Audio Production Finalist

Audie Award for Science Fiction Winner Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick Audie Award for History or Biography Finalist Mississippi Blood by Greg Iles Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense Finalist by Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch Audie Award for History or Biography Finalist by Lee Child and Andrew Child Audie Award for Thriller or Suspense Finalist 2005 (2005) by Nick Hornby Booklist Editors' Choice: Media 2006 Acceleration (2005) by Graham McNamee ALA Selected Audiobooks for Young Adults

In Defense of Food (2008) by Michael Pollan AudioFile Best of Contemporary Culture Jurassic Park (1990) by Michael Crichton Booklist Editors' Choice: Audio for Adults

(2016) by Justin Cronin AudioFile Best of Science Fiction Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution AudioFile Best of Biography & Memoir Bestselling audiobooks