NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Viola Davis, Paul Simon and Molly Shannon are among the nominees for prizes given for the spoken word: the annual Audie Awards, handed out by the Audio Publishers Association.
The publishers association announced nominees for 26 categories Thursday.
Davis' memoir 鈥淔inding Me," read by the Oscar-winning actor, is a finalist for audiobook of the year. The project recently won Davis a Grammy for best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording,
The other finalists are 鈥淭he 1619 Project,鈥� based on The New York Times' Pulitzer Prize-winning series about race and racism in U.S. history, 鈥淢iracle and Wonder: Conversations with Paul Simon,鈥� 鈥淲ake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts, and 鈥淩emarkably Bright Creatures.鈥�
The awards range from from audio drama to fantasy and memoir, for which finalists include Shannon's narration of her own 鈥淗ello, Molly!"
Lucy Liu is a finalist in the fiction category as one of the narrators of Tom Perrotta's 鈥淭racy Flick Can鈥檛 Win,鈥� his sequel to 鈥淓lection.鈥� Rosamund Pike's narration of Robert Jordan's 鈥淭he Eye of the World鈥� and Thandiwe Newton's reading of 鈥淲ar and Peace鈥� brought them each nominations for best female narrator. 鈥淗appy-Go-Lucky,'鈥� written and narrated by David Sedaris, is a finalist for best humor audiobook.
Winners will be announced March 28.
The Associated Press
