Marni Penning -- Amazon bestselling author and fondly-dubbed "Maven of a Million Voices" -- is a classically-trained award-winning actress and audiobook narrator of over 400 titles who was nominated for Best Fiction Audiobook Narrator in the country (up against Ethan Hawke and Meryl Streep) at the prestigious Audie Awards (which are like the Oscars of audiobooks). Marni also hosts the podcast "One Woman Shakespeare" – full audio productions of The Bard's works playing all the parts herself. She is also a playwright, teacher, children's book illustrator, and acting coach, who lives with her husband, kiddo, dog, fish, snake, and chickens outside Washington, DC.