Theresa is an Emmy Award winning broadcast journalist who brings warmth, wit and empathy to every audiobook project. She loves adventure and armchair travel. Her favorite recent projects include All the Flowers of the Mountain – a Colorado Book Award winner in Romance directed by Walker Vreeland. Leigh Howard and the Ghosts of Simmons-Pierce Manor (Podium) – a YA mystery that featured a ghost with multiple personalities. And, The Kimono Tattoo (Blackstone) – a literary thriller starring an American translator in Kyoto, Japan. Since 2020, Theresa has been combining her journalism interview skills with her love for audiobooks to produce the Desideratum Podcast. The pod’s celebration of storytelling has attracted national audio industry sponsors like Blackstone, Dreamscape and Pozotron. Theresa records from her home studio in Colorado, where she lives with her husband, her honey bees, and a small barn full of feathered and wooly friends. Her three grown children inspire, encourage and remind her that each chapter in life builds on the last and opens new doors.
Audio Industry Ambassador
In addition to hosting and producing the Desideratum Podcast. Theresa leads sessions and moderates panels at national and international virtual conventions for the Romance Slam Jam and International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys. These venues allowed Theresa to create opportunities for learning, networking, and project collaboration with other narrators, indie authors, book publishers, audio production companies, and audiobook distribution entities.
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