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🌟 The Honeys 🌟 2023 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production for YA

We could not be more thrilled to announce that THE HONEYS has been awarded the 2023 Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production, Young Adult

“Struggling to find their place at an elite summer camp after a family tragedy, gender fluid Mars discovers a gruesome revelation. Subtle yet immersive sound effects and a narration by Pete Cross that empathetically embodies the range of characters enhances this atmospheric novel.”

The Odyssey might be our favorite award here at Deyan Audio and it is a tremendous honor to even be considered. Congratulations to everyone involved!

We’d like to extend a special thanks to Melissa Ellard at Scholastic for entrusting us with this title, and of course to the amazing team that helped bring this all together:

Written by Ryan La Sala

Narrated by Pete Cross

Published by Scholastic Audio

Executive Producer Melissa Ellard

Project Managed by Philip Miller

Engineered by Jack Heidelman

Edited by Terry Philmore

QCed by Carol Vandergrift

Sound Design by Steve Syarto

Mastered by Jeremy Kochis

Audiobook Production by Deyan Audio

Each year, the American Library Association gives out the prestigious Odyssey award to one deserving audiobook production. The award is given to "the producer of the best audiobook produced for children and/or young adults, available in English in the United States" and is decided by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) and the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), divisions of ALA, and is sponsored by Booklist magazine.

We'd like to say that we couldn't believe the news when we found out that we produced this year's Odyssey winner, but then again, Bahni Turpin's stellar production in this title has been getting fantastic recognition all year long. A humongous round of applause for her performance in The Hate U Give, this year's Odyssey winner, and a huge thank you to Caitlin Garing at HarperAudio for entrusting us with this production.

We were very honored to discover we worked on 2 of the runner ups as well:

The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage, read by Michael Sheen for Listening Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House Audio Publishing

A Boy Called Christmas, read by Stephen Fry for Listening Library, an imprint of Penguin Random House Audio Publishing

A big round of applause to these narrators as well and more thank yous to Penguin Random House for getting to work on these exciting projects.

You can see the full list of honorees here.