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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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Derek Perkins is a British-born audiobook narrator based in the United States, known for narrating nonfiction, history, and biography titles with a command of foreign languages and accents built up over hundreds of recordings. A winner of the Audie Award and multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards, Perkins narrated Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, earning praise from AudioFile for the clarity and measured pacing he brought to its sweeping, information-dense narrative. He began narrating audiobooks in 2010 after a career in business development and sales, and has since recorded over 270 titles across fiction and nonfiction, working out of a home studio near Boston.
Awards: Audie Award; multiple AudioFile Earphones Awards
Notable narrations: Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind; The Fall of the Ottomans; The Venetians
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