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Dear Seraphina

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Dear Seraphina

By: Avery Bishop
Narrated by: Therese Plummer, Jay Snyder
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For fans of Pretty Things and The Guest List comes a shocking novella of psychological suspense following a glamorous young actress and an obsessed fan.

Dear Seraphina, I hope you’ll write back someday soon. I know I might be asking too much: you, a Hollywood star; me, a cashier at this small-town grocery store. But the thing is, Seraphina: I have information I think you need to know. And don’t worry about how I got it. Just remember I’ll do anything - anything in the world - to protect you.

This captivating listen begins with fan letters to a beloved young actress, Seraphina, that become increasingly unhinged. As more and more is revealed about the troubled woman behind the fan mail and her connection to the starlet, a story of obsession becomes an expertly plotted tale of wrongdoing and revenge.

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Dear Listener,

What was my favorite part about writing this story?
"Epistolary fiction is nothing new—Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is told through letters, while Bram Stoker’s Dracula uses letters, journal entries, newspaper clippings, and telegrams—but it’s also something you don’t often see. Mainly because it can be difficult to tell a story this way, especially one that’s meant to be suspenseful. Many years ago, working as an editor at a magazine, I had the idea for a story told all in cover letters from a writer sending stories to an editor. Like all writers, this writer wanted to get published, but as the story went on, it became clear that the writer was so obsessed with getting published that it put the editor and his family’s life in danger. (That story, by the way, was called “Persistence.”) With Dear Seraphina, I wanted to try something a bit different, telling the story entirely through letters, email, and progress notes. I wanted to play with listeners’ expectations and emotions, while, at the same time, I wanted to add in a few good twists. I had a lot of fun writing this novella, and I hope you, dear listener, have a lot of fun listening to it." –Avery Bishop, creator of Dear Seraphina

About the Creator

Avery Bishop, whose books include Girl Gone Mad and One Year Gone, is the pseudonym for a USA Today best-selling author of more than a dozen novels.

About the Performer

Thérèse Plummer is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator working in New York City. She has recorded over 350 audiobooks for various publishers. She was nominated for the 2019 Audie Awards for her work on the multicast Sadie by Courtney Summers for Macmillan Audio, multicast Any Man by Amber Tamblyn for Harper Audio, and her solo narration for The Rogue Planets Shaken by Lee W. Brainard for Podium Publishing. The American Library Association (ALA) awarded her work on Sourdough by Robin Sloan as part of the 2018 Listen List: Outstanding Audiobook Narration for Adult Listeners.
Plummer has been nominated for five Audie Awards in 2018 in the categories: Fiction: She Liked Her Life by Abbie Fabiaschi and co-narrated with Susan Bennett and Dan Bittner, Romance: Any Day Now by Robyn Carr, and Faith-Based Fiction: Sandpiper Cove by Irene Hannon, as well as the multicast narrations for Original Work: The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood and Middle Grade: See You in the Cosmos by Jack Cheng (winner). She is the recipient of the 2016 SOVAS Award for Irene Hannon’s Hope Harbor. She was nominated for two Audie Awards in 2014 for her work on Robyn Carr’s The Wanderer and Carson McCuller’s The Ballad of the Sad Café, and received multiple Earphones Awards for her work. Most notably on Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult, Faith by Jennifer Haigh, and We Are Water by Wally Lamb. She was named AudioFile’s Best Voices of the Year for 2015 for her work on Robyn Carr’s A New Hope. Thérèse is the voice of Maya Hansen in the Marvel Graphic Motion Comic Ironman Extremis, Dr. Fennel in Pokemon, and for various Yu-Gi-Oh characters. She performed television guest star roles on The Good Wife, Law & Order: SVU, and Virgin River for Netflix. Regional theater: Sister James in Doubt.
Photo Credit: Jody Christopherson.

About the Performer

Jay is an actor/director who’s been fortunate enough to appear on Broadway, Off-Broadway, regional theatre and TV, and has been doing voiceovers for over ten years. He has voiced for feature films and has been heard on Nickelodeon, WB, Cartoon Network, Fox TV, the SciFi Channel, EWam, and the new CW4Kids. Best known for his work on Saturday morning cartoons like Yu-Gi-Oh! (lead), Viva Pinata (lead), Sonic X, and Pokemon, he has also worked on many other animations and can currently be heard in Gogoriki, Pat and Stan, and Chaotic. His other voiceover work includes several audiobooks, documentaries, promos, and commercials and he continues to be grateful not to have to have a "real job".

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I can’t recommend this enough! This story is the perfect way to spend a couple hours on a rainy, cold Sunday. The third part had me listening with my mouth half open, barely moving a muscle. It was such a fantastic twist!

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Well done

A very entertaining little story with some fun plot twists and good narration. Audible Originals is producing some excellent work !

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WOW Great story

I kept passing by this title while browsing and finally decided to listen to it. I am so glad I did! The ending was completely unexpected! I would listen to it again.

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Not a story that you can guess the end of the book . Short and good.

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Just WOW!!!

I mean wow! I truly did not see that coming. Some of the plot I totally called but the END!!! OMB (oh my bob)!!! Was flawless, I'm make all my friends and family listen to this one! Loved it!!!

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Dear Seraphina

I loved this novella. It started out very innocently, or so it seemed... but wow was this one creepy. Psychological thriller lovers will love this one.

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Ummmm WOW!

Loved this book and the narrator was AWESOME. FOR A SHORT STORY IT WAS EXCELLENT

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Brilliant

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The story is captivating and original.

Well done Avery Bishop

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Must listen!

surprises you all the way to the end! quick listen on the way to work

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Unique Story Line

I was pleasantly surprised with this free book. The last few I listened to were okay, but this one was unique. There are a few surprises along the way. The female narrator was absolutely perfect in her role, which is saying a lot coming from me because I'm picky. The male voice was almost comical. He sounded like he was from the TV show "Dragnet" from the 70s. LOL. It didn't take away from the story though. I didn't want to stop listening.

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