Act As If: Stumbling Through Hollywood with Headshot in Hand

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Petrea Burchard

Petrea Burchard is an author and audiobook narrator. Her writing is featured online and in print. Camelot & Vine, her first novel, follows a failing Hollywood actress as she tumbles through a gap in time, accidentally saves King Arthur's life, and finds the truth she never knew she needed. The Camelot & Vine audiobook, narrated by the author, was nominated for the 2023 Society of Voice Arts & Sciences Award for author narration (Bono won that year!).

​​​​​​​Act As If: Stumbling Through Hollywood with Headshot in Hand, ​​​​​​​Burchard's book of comic essays based on personal experience, reveals the funny side of life as a journeyman actor in Hollywood. Her latest novel is The Winter Archives, about an archivist who discovers a photo that changes who she thought she was. It's currently in search of representation. 

​​​​​​​Petrea has appeared on stage, TV and film. Best known for her voice acting, she has narrated scores of audiobooks in a broad range of genres. Her claim to fame is the voice of Ryoko, the badass space pirate in the classic anime series, Tenchi Muyo! 
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Petrea loves travel, architecture, hanging out with interesting people, and hiking in nature with her husband and their dog Juice, who wants you to know he is a good boy.