Questioner
We all know, heaven forbid, if you don't finish what you have planned… you probably have backup plans.
Brandon Sanderson
I do have backup plans.
Questioner
What I'm worried about is: who is going to keep narrating The Stormlight Archive for the audiobooks? Because I'm sure that the last half is a lot later. I just love Michael Kramer.
Brandon Sanderson
I love Michael Kramer. I think they're on board, but I did see this thread on Reddit. I don't know if you were referencing that. They were running the math. You guys do like to number crunch. We will see. I think and I hope we'll have Michael and Kate for many, many, many, many years. They're a pair of very healthy individuals.
I think that that is a bridge we will cross if we ever have to get to it. It is something, perhaps, to be thinking of - maybe we should have some understudies doing some books, and you can see, as a fandom, who you really like and things like that. Because there is some, like... Michael and Kate are my favorite readers because of the Wheel of Time. I got the audiobooks back in the 90s from the library back when that's basically the only place you can get. So when Mistborn was audio, they said, “Who do you want?” I'm like, “Michael and Kate.” And they said, “Well, we're just gonna get Michael.” They did. But when Stormlight happened, I'm like... It's extra work to get two voice actors, and so it took until I had done, like, Wheel of Time stuff, and they were happy with me, and I got away with all this stuff on Stormlight that I could get both of them. But there are some audience members who prefer a different narrator for every series, and I can totally understand this, as well. That's why we try, sometimes, to do a variety.
You're welcome to give us feedback on the narrators you like, the ones you would prefer us to keep using, and things like that. You don't have to mention Michael and Kate; they are fantastic. But let us know. That sort of feedback is actually really helpful. Peter watches this very closely, and he's very deeply involved in picking the narrators, so it's kind of his department. They usually bring to me options, or… I do listen to audiobooks, so I'll often ask for various people.
