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Starry Night Sky

Zura johnson

audiobook narrator

wicked smart, wicked funny,

and just plain wicked

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With 30 plus years of experience in theatre and commercial VO, Zura has recorded over 200 titles between herself and her pseudonym (Aria Holland). And has worked extensively with top publishers.

 

An Earphones and SOVAS Award Winner, she has been nominated for multiple SOVAS Awards, IAA Awards, and the OneVoice Award.  She was a 2025 PANA Voice of Distinction finalist.

Currently working with...

Highlights

MFA in Theatre Performance from

TheOld Globe Theatre/USD​​

Genres

Romantasy, Horror, LitRPG, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, LitFic, NonFic, Romance, Thriller, Sapphic Romance

Accents

Narrative: Standard American, Southern, British (RP), Irish, Standard Russian

 

Dialogue: As above, plus, Scottish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Texan, Midwestern, California

 

...and many other broad character voices...

Home Studio

  - Custom Recording Booth

  - Neumann TLM102

  - PreSonus Interface

  - Reaper DAW

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BIO

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BIO

"I discovered my love of storytelling through 'books on tape' at the age of four.  Narrating audiobooks feels like coming home."

 

Zura holds two degrees in performance, including an MFA from the renowned Old Globe Theatre, in San Diego. Her greatest strengths as a storyteller, are her broad character range, comic timing, and accent work.

Some of her favorite genres to narrate are Romantasy, Fantasy, and Horror. In 2026 she hopes to do more LitFic and NonFiction.

Zura identifies as Bi and is neurodivergent. As someone who lives with dyslexia, the importance of audiobooks is near and dear to her heart. She finds joy in supporting her teens, who both identify as queer, as she works on titles that represent queer life and characters, as well as neurodivergent characters with whom she and her daughter identify.

Photography by Lone Star Pinups

All Audio Samples ©2019-2025 by Zura Johnson

All Rights reserved

Located in: Portland, OR USA

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