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Gardner, Grover

LC control no.n 92069430
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingGardner, Grover
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See alsoFor works of this author written under other names, search also under: Adams, Alexander; Parker, Tom.
Adams, Alexander
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Parker, Tom, 1956-
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Associated placeMd.
LocatedAshland, Or.
Birth date1956
Field of activityNarration
AffiliationLibrary of Congress Blackstone Audiobooks
Profession or occupationNarrator
Found inCaro, R.A. The years of Lyndon Johnson [SR] p1988- : narration (Grover Gardner)
MAGS, 7/7/92 (hdg.: Gardner, Grover)
Franklin & Winston, p2003: container (Grover Gardner)
The fiefdom syndrome, p2005: container (Grover Gardner (aka "Alexander Adams" and "Tom Parker"))
McCarthy, Cormac. All the pretty horses[SR], p1993: container (Read by Alexander Adams)
Audiofile Magazine website, Jan. 23, 2013 (Alexander Adams is a pseudonym for talented narrator Grover Gardner; also published under the name Tom Parker; worked for Library of Congress in Washington D.C.; opened his own basement recording studio in Md.; now lives in Ashland, Or.; records and manages Blackstone Audiobooks productions as Studio Director)
Wikipedia website, July 14, 2022 (Grover Gardner (b 1956) is an American narrator of audiobooks. As of May 2018, he has narrated over 1,200 books ; Gardner is a native of Pennsylvania. He attended high school in Belgium. He graduated from Florida's Rollins College in 1978 as a theater major ; Gardner heard about and auditioned for the Library of Congress' Books for the Blind Program. He worked at fellow theater actor Flo Gibson's Audio Book Contractors in the DC region to produce classic literature on cassette tape. Over time, his acting career tapered off and audiobooks took over. Eventually he established his own independent studio in Maryland where he recorded books for Books on Tape. In 2007, he moved to Ashland, Oregon where he became Studio Director of Blackstone Audio ; Gardner has also narrated under the aliases Tom Parker and Alexander Adams)
Associated languageeng
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