Hi, I’m Marli!
I started narrating audiobooks – my dream job – when I was 19.
I am drawn to stories that celebrate women’s self-discovery and self-sovereignty. As a lesbian, I enjoy lending my voice and lived experience to LGBT stories (particularly in the YA genre).
I love to play determined and courageous heroines, rebellious characters who challenge authority, and complex women with a dark side. I’m equally drawn to stories about artists grappling with their creative voice, young people navigating grief, and introspective characters finding their place in the world.
I discovered my ear for dialects during a year in Germany as an exchange student, and I speak German as a second language. If your book contains a dialect you don’t see represented in my samples, please ask – I’m always thrilled to learn a new one.
When not in the recording booth, I can be found coaching swim team, painting and drawing, listening to Florence + the Machine, or participating in grassroots feminist activism.
Clients
What Listeners Say
“Marli Watson does a very impressive job as the narrator. She handles the accents and different characters as they should be- individually. I actually questioned if there was a second narrator at times. I love the ability to get lost in the story without being thrown back into reality by the narration. I tip my hat to you Ms. Watson.”
“The absolute best way to experience this book (and it is an experience) is via audio. The production is among the best I’ve heard with narration from Cobie Smulders, Josh Radnor, Marli Watson, and Kevin Iannucci (an actor with Down Syndrome). Their performances are nothing short of brilliant and enhance an already spectacular book.”
“This made for a great audiobook and the narrator did a great job of bringing the cast of characters to life. I was so immersed I had to go back and check that there weren’t multiple narrators!“
“The audiobook narrator, Marli Watson , elevated and carried this book. She was so engaging, so atmospheric….. & I was locked in.”
“The narrator, Marli Watson, gives such an expressive performance, bringing nuance to each of the characters. Male voices, female voices, accents, adult voices, youthful voices- the narrator had me convinced more than once that this was a duet narration. Her reading brings distinction to an entire cast of characters. […] I have 11 year old quadruplets who all have very different reading tastes; we listened to the audiobook in the car and they were all hooked. I strongly think it was the performance of the audiobook that captured them so quickly.“
“Margo made me bark with laughter and her narrator did a star job.”
“The narrator was amazing! I am hard of hearing and females are so hard for me to listen to, they tend to speak fast, and don’t do voices very well, and their pitch is hard for me. Marli was amazing, she was so articulate and clear, it made the story come to life for me. I liked the story, it was cute and adorable, but the narrator is what made the story even more for me.”
“Marli Watson was a new narrator to me, she’s great as well, and I hope to hear her in more sapphic stories. The whole narration is excellent but my favourite part was the first kiss, which sounds like spoken word poetry.”
“Audiobook can either make the story better or completely ruin it. Happy to announce – this audio made the book even better. Though this is a one voice performance, sometimes I completely forgot about it, that’s how vivid and artistic it was. I was hundred percent invested in the story and had a feeling that I’m the one tungled in this twisted, ghostly world. So, make sure to check the audio version as well.”
What Authors Say
“Marli Watson’s performance of Rebel Summer blew me away! She captured the characters in my book so beautifully. My female character sounded exactly like she did in my head, which was a fun experience as an author. She performed the male character so smooth and sexy. I loved it. She is such an incredible talent and I would work with her again in a heartbeat.”