Michael Crouch has recorded more than 500 audiobooks for major publishers, small presses, and independent authors. He is best known for narrating contemporary fiction, young adult, and middle-grade titles.

His work has earned widespread industry recognition, including a Golden Voice honor from AudioFile, Audie Awards, more than forty Earphones Awards, YALSA and ALSC selections, a Voice Arts Award, and Best of the Year honors from Audible, Apple Books, Barnes & Noble, AudioFile, School Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Booklist.

Acclaimed and bestselling authors include Pat Conroy, Patrick Ryan, Ursula K. Le Guin, Judy Blume, Rick Riordan, Stephen Graham Jones, Rebecca Makkai, Stephenie Meyer, James Patterson, Becky Albertalli, Adam Silvera, Madeleine L’Engle, and Gayle Foreman.

He grew up in Texas, studied theater in upstate New York, and now lives in the South Bronx.

Age Range:
Kids to early 40s

Specialties:
Young characters
Southern American literature
LGBTQ+ fiction

“There’s an emotional depth to michael’s performance that stunned me.”

- becky albertalli, author of simon vs. the homo sapiens agenda

“What makes this audiobook special is Michael Crouch's comic timing.”

- School Library Journal

“Crouch moves among characters with ease, vocally representing a full spectrum of emotion that gives richness and depth to the performance and draws the listener in."

- Booklist

“Crouch's narration, as deft as ever, uses pitch, inflection, and judiciously deployed Southern accents to balance quiet characterizations with compelling pacing.”

- AUDIOFILE

Narration Samples

Accents and Dialects