Behind the Scenes
Stay up to date: Here you’ll find news, behind-the-scenes insights, interviews with voice actors and authors, new releases, listening tips, and more – straight from the world of YourStarVoice.
Narrators, Authors, and Publishers
Narrators
Kathrin Rettl
Artist name: Via Voice
I’m (Kathrin) Via Voice, a voice artist with heart, soul, and sound. Born in Bavaria, at home in Tyrol – surrounded by mountains, family, and endless inspiration. I love stories, and it fills me with joy to bring them to life through my voice. Whether as a narrator, singer, or simply a "voice person" – every project is a little journey for me. I’ve sung for Disney, moved hearts in audiobooks, and contributed to a wide range of productions. I'm truly happy to be part of YourStarVoice – and excited for all the stories still waiting to be heard, felt, and lived.
Daniela Friesenecker
Artist name: Das Goldkehlchen
Reading has always been my passion. Through my children, I became a storyteller – and at the office, I often entertained my colleagues with voice imitations. At some point, it became crystal clear: this is my calling – to speak, to read aloud, to breathe life and emotion into stories with my voice. It makes me truly happy when my listeners feel the stories I get to tell, when I can give them goosebumps. That’s when I know I’ve done my job right.
Tom Albert
My name is Tom Albert. I was born in Munich, and I’m a voice actor and aspiring actor.
Alexandra Stüber
Artist name: Mirelle Aven
In 2024, I completed my voice acting training, followed by numerous advanced courses, including coaching sessions, workshops in various voice-over fields, and acting classes. Since September 2024, I’ve been working as a freelance voice actress and have also been volunteering for a small local radio station on the island of Föhr.
Chris Hartmann
I’m a voice actor driven by passion – with a voice that doesn’t just perform, but truly connects. Whether it’s audiobooks, voice-overs, commercials, or trailers – I make words resonate. My strength lies in bringing emotions to life and giving characters real depth. I don’t want to sound like I’m reading – I want people to feel what’s being said.
Thomas Meewes
Artist name: Tom's Voice 4U
I come from a family background rooted in film, language, music, and the arts. Listening and speaking have always been deeply important to me. What fascinates me most is shaping personalities through the voices I give them. I especially enjoy narrating book series that allow me to accompany and help shape the development of their protagonists over time. I feel at home in all genres – particularly LitRPG, crime fiction, historical novels, nonfiction, and self-help. I also truly enjoy dubbing work and voicing documentaries.
Anna-Lena Beck
Hi! I’m Anna-Lena, living in beautiful southern Germany with my husband and soon-to-be three children. As a graduate in English studies and theology, I’ve always loved reading – and as a singer and voice artist, I now have the joy of giving written words new depth and dimension that can truly move people. That’s what fulfills me – and brings me great joy!
Nikola Frehsee
I’m Nikola – a trained musical theatre performer and certified audio engineer. I’ve performed in stage productions across Germany, including Murder on the Orient Express and The Rocky Horror Show. I’m also a singer on board the Mein Schiff cruise fleet. Voice acting completes my professional journey. It combines my love of language with vocal expression and turns my voice into a versatile instrument – one that resonates far beyond the stage.
Carla Tiberi
Artist name: Carla Christine
Hello, I’m Carla, and I’m excited to lend my voice to your works. Since 2003, I’ve performed on various musical theatre stages – and thanks to a wonderful recommendation, I found my way into audiobook narration. With my versatile voice, I bring your books to life in German, French, and English – and I’m also happy to perform in a range of dialects. I look forward to hearing from you!
Sarah Etscheid
Hi, I’m Sarah. A voicecraftswoman. My voice is both my talent and my tool – and my favourite way to grow, express myself, and contribute to this world. I love exploring unknown worlds, building bridges, and expanding perspectives... and my voice follows me faithfully on every journey, transforming written text into confidence, hope, rage, longing, determination, disbelief, joy, vitality, song... (slow fade out)
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Anja Podritzki
Artist name: PodVox
Having grown up bilingual, so to speak, with a Hessian dialect, I have always found it easy to adapt to, interpret, understand, and learn languages. Added to this is a musical talent that I was able to express from an early age in choir and solo singing, including singing lessons. Now I have turned my hobby of “using my voice” into my profession. This is complemented by a curiosity that has always been satisfied by reading books of almost all genres.
Markus Sellmann
I am an audiobook narrator with heart and soul. With my deep, warm voice that captivates listeners, I lend every story conciseness and intensity. My variable pitch and ability to delve deep into emotions bring every story to life. I know how to capture the essence of every word—whether in touching narratives, thrilling adventures, or intense dramas—and give voice to every nuance.
Sabine Caffier
I am Sabine, a trained actress and passionate voice artist. Even during my training, I was fascinated by how differently texts can be interpreted through the use of voice. How I can bring stories to life and convey emotions.
After many different stages in my career, my work as a voice actress has brought me full circle back to acting. I am looking forward to many different projects to which I can lend my voice.
Ahmed El-Ammary
Hey! This is Ahmed speaking. Growing up surrounded by mountains of books (thanks to my father, an Egyptian professor of German studies), I learned early on that words are powerful—whether printed or spoken. With my clear, warm, and dynamic voice, I bring stories to life, whether they are novels, crime thrillers, fantasy, or nonfiction. I work professionally, reliably, and above all with a lot of heart and enthusiasm. Because a good audiobook needs more than just a good voice—it needs real storytelling talent. And that's exactly what I bring to the table.
Anna Vogt
I am a trained voice artist specializing in audiobooks, voice-overs, and narrative formats. With my clear, warm voice and keen sense of atmosphere, I bring texts to life. My goal is to make stories tangible—honest, emotional, and authentic.
I work in my own studio and deliver professional recordings with high technical and creative quality.
Thomas Jochen Horst
I am a passionate audiobook narrator. With my deep, expressive voice and ability to convey emotions and messages precisely, I will make your project unique. I bring the stories and protagonists of my audiobooks to life. Whether lively and captivating, serious and informative, or calm and empathetic—I find the right tone for every production. I give your brand or story a distinctive voice.
Sebastian Hörmann
Since childhood, I have loved voices, dialects, and storytelling. Today, as a professional audiobook narrator, I bring characters and worlds to life with my voice and emotion. Whether it's suspense, romance, fantasy, or nonfiction, my deep, versatile voice and keen sense of atmosphere allow me to adapt to any genre. Dialects? I've mastered them inside out, whether German or European. I look forward to breathing audible life into your story too.
Ahmad Diab
I am Ahmad from Berlin and I live my passion for speaking. With my deep, expressive voice, I want to not only reach listeners, I want to touch, move, and inspire them. I fulfill my role as a speaker with joy, dedication, and genuine happiness, because every story deserves to be told and felt.
Diana Glade
Audiobooks have been a part of my life, allowing me to dream and immerse myself in other worlds. I have always enjoyed enchanting people with my voice, initially unconsciously, but since becoming aware of it, very consciously and with great joy. That is why I am setting out to share my little “gift” with others by taking them into my audiobook worlds... with my voice.
Verena Geißer
My name is Verena, and I love giving books and other texts a voice, and thus also feelings and emotions. With my warm and emotional voice, I lend audiobooks, documentaries, commercials, image films, and many other projects a very special touch. See for yourself and let my voice enchant and inspire you.
Maike Poertgen
My name is Maike, and in 2023 I turned my passion for storytelling into my profession! With my distinctive, deep voice, I have now brought over 30 audiobooks to life. Whether cute children's books, bloody thrillers, romantic novels, or factual guidebooks: I love the variety and find the right tone for every genre.
Tanja Beyersdorf
My passion is the voice. As a speech therapist and voice artist, I love using my voice in a variety of ways and expressing different emotions through sound, dynamics, and melody, bringing the story to life for the listener. Through audiobook productions in various genres such as novels, crime novels, thrillers, self-help books, and biographies, I have already been able to use my voice in a variety of ways. I look forward to exciting projects where a story becomes a special listening experience.
Tobias Sascha Schmitt
Even as a child, I discovered the magic of the voice. Today, I am a professional voice actor and passionately lend my versatile voice to stories, audiobooks, voice-overs, and dubbing projects. Whether science fiction, romance, horror, or self-help—I approach every genre with dedication and versatility. For me, there are no limits. My experience from musical productions, film, television, and my many years of work as a singer flows into every project and makes my voice unmistakable. I am very happy to now be part of YourStarVoice :-)
Michael Burger
My name is Mike, I am 36 years old, married, and the father of two children. I am a professional narrator for audiobooks and voice-overs. In voice acting, I have found a profession that I enjoy and find fulfilling.
Sprecherin Nicole
As a voice artist, I completed my training in 2024 and have since worked on various audiobook projects. My voice is clear, pure, warm, calm, and sounds much younger than my life experience would suggest. I speak standard German. Accent-free. And sometimes Spanish too.
Catharina Uhlig
I have always been passionate about speaking, and now it is my profession. As a professional voice artist, I love using my voice to convey emotions, bring stories to life, and get messages across precisely. What is particularly important to me is authenticity, enjoying my work, and a keen sense of tone and timing. Whether warm and empathetic, factual and clear, or dynamic and promotional, my voice is versatile, my standards are high, and my enthusiasm for each new project is genuine.
Ann-Christin K.
I was born in Berlin, but Mainz is my home. I have always been fascinated by storytelling - first as a producer and filmmaker with images, then also with my voice. At the microphone, I discovered my great passion: bringing emotion and depth to documentaries and audiobooks, bringing characters to life, and touching listeners from the very beginning.
Bob Scholer
I spent a large part of my life as a musician. First came the period of learning, then my time as a professional musician, followed by the wild days of free jazz, and later a period of many possibilities. My main instruments were the clarinet, saxophone, then guitar, and finally double bass. I studied at the Luxembourg Conservatory, then jazz at the Cologne University of Music. My biography describes this intense life and the spirit of the times with all its highs and lows, as well as my encounters with numerous musicians of the 1960s and 1970s.
Authors
Marie Loth
Marie is the oldest of five children from a family of bakers, a preschool teacher by profession, and a storyteller at heart. Her vivid imagination began to shine through as early as kindergarten and continued to grow throughout her school years. She wrote poems and plays – and still enjoys building castles in the air. Today, Marie lives in her hometown of Kaufbeuren with her husband, two children, their dog, and her grandmother. In addition to writing stories, she loves immersing herself in live-action role-playing, trying out different characters and collecting inspiration for her books and tales.
Eva Mesin
Author Eva Mesin was born in Budapest and raised in Germany. After studying Egyptology, taking a few professional detours, and reading countless thriller and horror novels, she decided to turn writing into her passion. Her work dives deep into the complex inner worlds and mindsets of serial killers. Today, she lives in southern Germany with her husband, daughter, and a flock of parrots.
Doro May
Doro May was born under the creative sign of Pisces, with a special fondness for the far North. She has been a freelance author since 2007, writing in the following genres: nonfiction, fiction, and the children's book series 4Freunde.
Kit Falbo
Special needs paraeducator with a hyperfictional fixation on fantastic fiction to carve out a piece of that into their works. Independent author, royal road writer, pounder of keys, paths, and progress. Check out my LitRPG books on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited.
Elisabeth Charlotte
I grew up in the German Democratic Republic. A difficult childhood, loneliness, and loss shaped me—but so did moments of happiness, such as the birth of my son and meeting the love of my life. At 23, I dared to come out, and at 38, I found the woman of my dreams. In my autobiography, I openly share how, despite hurt, one can find strength, maintain hope, and discover happiness.
Eva Lirot
Eva Lirot studied literature and psychology. She lives with her husband and dog in Limburg an der Lahn, enjoys photography, and is an avid reader with a love for all genres. To date, she has published over thirty novels.
Ellie Hall
Ellie Hall is a USA Today bestselling author. If only that meant she could wear a tiara and get away with it. ;) She loves puppies, books, and the ocean. Writing sweet romance with lots of firsts and fizzy feels gives her joy. Oh, and chocolate chip cookies are her fave. Ellie believes in dreaming big, working hard, and lazy Sunday afternoons spent with her family and dog in gratitude for God’s grace.
Luke Chmilenko
Writing far faster than his hands can withstand, Luke Chmilenko hails from the Great White North where he lives with his wife and two daughters. Toiling endlessly, Luke juggles his time between a rapidly growing catalogue of series while playing far more video games than he would ever openly admit.
Jonathan Brooks
Jonathan Brooks has been creating LitRPG and Dungeon Core stories in Aurora, CO, USA since 2017. He is encouraged every day by his wife and young daughter, so that one day she can enjoy those same stories when she is old enough to read them.
Steve Wild
I was born in Germany and tell stories that lead into darkness - gripping, uncompromising, and with unexpected humor.
Andrea Froh
Author of light-hearted romance novels, often set on the North Frisian Islands, but sometimes also in Spain or Italy.
Gammel Kvinne
My name is Antje, and I’m a true village girl at heart. I feel most at home surrounded by nature and animals. I’ve already lived through half a century – and unfortunately, the first little aches and pains are starting to nudge me from the active side of life to the more passive one.
Astrid Schneider
Astrid Schneider – author, coach, and winner of the Lower Austria Award 2025 – creates spaces for mindfulness, self-worth, and humanity through her books, retreats, and the book fair BÜCHER(T)RÄUME.
Thomas C. Krohn
I’m a Danish crime author with a focus on science, psychology, and biology. In my realistic thrillers, I weave together psychopathy, infections, mysteries, and conspiracies – delivering suspense with real depth.
Jeffrey Merten
Jeffrey Merten was born in Lebach, Saarland, in 1990 and grew up in Swabia, Baden-Württemberg. Even during his school days, he was already interested in storytelling, both in written form and in the form of short films. He studied international literature in Tübingen and self-published his first novel under the pseudonym Jäff Roxx. In 2023, he became a freelance author and copywriter. In addition to participating in various writing competitions, he is currently working on his second fantasy novel.
Bob Scholer
I spent a large part of my life as a musician. First came the period of learning, then my time as a professional musician, followed by the wild days of free jazz, and later a period of many possibilities. My main instruments were the clarinet, saxophone, then guitar, and finally double bass. I studied at the Luxembourg Conservatory, then jazz at the Cologne University of Music. My biography describes this intense life and the spirit of the times with all its highs and lows, as well as my encounters with numerous musicians of the 1960s and 1970s.
Publishers
LMBPN
LMBPN® International brings fan-favorite sci-fi and fantasy to readers in Dutch, French, German, Italian, Spanish—and now Japanese. Featuring Michael Anderle and other bestselling authors in ebook and audio.
Nornsweave Publishing
Nornsweave Publishing is a small, passionate publishing house run by a dedicated team of book lovers. We focus on translating stories primarily by English-speaking authors – but only books we would truly love to read ourselves. That’s why every title we publish receives the care and attention it deserves before it finally reaches the hands of German readers.
Pumpkinpie
Pumpkinpie Verlag is a young publishing house founded in 2025, specializing in fantasy, romance, and cozy crime. Stop by and discover your next adventure in our books!
Pumpkinpie
Pumpkinpie Verlag is a young publishing house founded in 2025, specializing in fantasy, romance, and cozy crime. Stop by and discover your next adventure in our books!
Nornsweave Publishing
Nornsweave Publishing is a small, passionate publishing house run by a dedicated team of book lovers. We focus on translating stories primarily by English-speaking authors – but only books we would truly love to read ourselves. That’s why every title we publish receives the care and attention it deserves before it finally reaches the hands of German readers.
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News & Updates
Behind the Scenes
Behind the scenes videos of our voice actors, amusing outtakes, and interviews with our authors can be found here.
🎧 Here's a behind-the-scenes look at “Rise of the Grandmaster: Healer Gone Astray” 🎧
Narrated by @itsavoicecom 😍
FAE OF THE NORTH – Court of Crown and Compass 📖 by bestselling author @elliehallauthor 🎙 Narrated by @viavoice_sprecherin
Dangerous intrigues, power, and ancient magic that could change everything...
🧭✨ An epic fantasy audiobook
👉 Here you can listen to the very first studio preview.
🎧 Pain & Agony – Justice Before Law
A gripping buddy crime comedy that really packs a punch!
Narrated by @chris_wilson_voice
VoicesUnplugged
In our interviews, you'll get to know our authors, speakers, and creatives from the worlds of fantasy, sci-fi, and LitRPG!
VoicesUnplugged offers genuine conversations, personal insights, and exciting background stories—unfiltered, direct, and inspiring.
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