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Samantha Paris's Finding the Bunny is an engaging and heart-warming combination of memoir, business book, inspirational story and inside look at today's most ubiquitous, most influential, and most invisible art. Through narration, flashback, inner monologue, and snappy laugh-out-loud dialogue that moves seamlessly from past to present and professional to personal and back again, Finding the Bunny artfully peels back the curtain on the fascinating world of voice-over, and much more. With untethered honesty and humor, voice-over genius Paris reveals her intensely personal story-- that of a woman in mid-career, recovering from a disastrous childhood, dealing with a failed but far from-loveless marriage, running a hugely successful business, shepherding thousands of students through the learning process so that they can realize their dreams, while dealing with a burning internal conflict about what happened to hers. As Peter Coyote writes in this book's Foreword, ""Finding the Bunny is an eye-opener, a thought-provoker, an education, an adventure and an inspiration. (It's) about transformation more than anything else-- offering ideas that may challenge or freshen your thinking, enrich your life and light your own path.""

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"""Paris's memoir is a great read. The book is structured well and the story flows smoothly and at a good pace throughout. The prose is smooth, clear, and readable. Paris's unapologetic voice is compelling and true to her story. Readers will find this an enlightening introduction to the fascinating world of voice-over acting. Finding the Bunny is truly an original work. Not only is the memoir refreshing and authentic, it also explores a relatively unknown industry. Samantha Paris's character is engaging and vivid and evolves throughout the memoir. The secondary characters are also well developed.""--BookLife Prize, Critic's Report ""Finding the Bunny is an eye-opener, a thought-provoker, an education, an adventure and an inspiration. (It's) about transformation more than anything else-- offering ideas that may challenge or freshen your thinking, enrich your life and light your own path.""--Peter Coyote, acclaimed actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audiobooks ""Samantha Paris lets you in on the private pain that launched an incredible career as the nation's preeminent voiceover coach. Don't miss her uplifting message -- works for everyone, even if you've never stepped into a recording studio. At times, funny, emotional, gripping, and above all, triumphant.""--Dan Noyes, ABC News ""Finding the Bunny"" is a rollercoaster ride through the whacky world of voiceover and how Sam built the country's biggest voiceover academy. But it's also an honest journey into finding her reason for existing on this big, scary planet. Funny, effervescent, zany, stirring, chatty, soulful. Read it and you'll be inspired to find your own bunny. -- Sam Pond, Award-winning writer/producer, Sam Pond Creative ""There was such inspiration from Samantha's conflict and resolution in her story. And HONESTY. Finding your bunny is such a great metaphor. This book is about each one of us finding our own voice, which may be different from the one we might have been programmed by others to think is our voice.""--Edie Keller, Marriage and Family Therapist ""Everyone has a journey, and Samantha is candid and courageous in sharing hers. Sam's book lets us all in on a little secret: you can do it! One chapter pulls you to the next, lesson after lesson, much like studying at Voicetrax, a transformative direction takes form, from unconsciously incapable toward unconsciously capable; and voila: BUNNY!"" - Michael Stecher, voice actor"

""Paris's memoir is a great read. The book is structured well and the story flows smoothly and at a good pace throughout. The prose is smooth, clear, and readable. Paris's unapologetic voice is compelling and true to her story. Readers will find this an enlightening introduction to the fascinating world of voice-over acting. Finding the Bunny is truly an original work. Not only is the memoir refreshing and authentic, it also explores a relatively unknown industry. Samantha Paris's character is engaging and vivid and evolves throughout the memoir. The secondary characters are also well developed.""--BookLife Prize, Critic's Report ""Finding the Bunny is an eye-opener, a thought-provoker, an education, an adventure and an inspiration. (It's) about transformation more than anything else-- offering ideas that may challenge or freshen your thinking, enrich your life and light your own path.""--Peter Coyote, acclaimed actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audiobooks ""Samantha Paris lets you in on the private pain that launched an incredible career as the nation's preeminent voiceover coach. Don't miss her uplifting message -- works for everyone, even if you've never stepped into a recording studio. At times, funny, emotional, gripping, and above all, triumphant.""--Dan Noyes, ABC News ""Finding the Bunny"" is a rollercoaster ride through the whacky world of voiceover and how Sam built the country's biggest voiceover academy. But it's also an honest journey into finding her reason for existing on this big, scary planet. Funny, effervescent, zany, stirring, chatty, soulful. Read it and you'll be inspired to find your own bunny. -- Sam Pond, Award-winning writer/producer, Sam Pond Creative ""There was such inspiration from Samantha's conflict and resolution in her story. And HONESTY. Finding your bunny is such a great metaphor. This book is about each one of us finding our own voice, which may be different from the one we might have been programmed by others to think is our voice.""--Edie Keller, Marriage and Family Therapist ""Everyone has a journey, and Samantha is candid and courageous in sharing hers. Sam's book lets us all in on a little secret: you can do it! One chapter pulls you to the next, lesson after lesson, much like studying at Voicetrax, a transformative direction takes form, from unconsciously incapable toward unconsciously capable; and voila: BUNNY!"" - Michael Stecher, voice actor

Paris's memoir is a great read. The book is structured well and the story flows smoothly and at a good pace throughout. The prose is smooth, clear, and readable. Paris's unapologetic voice is compelling and true to her story. Readers will find this an enlightening introduction to the fascinating world of voice-over acting. Finding the Bunny is truly an original work. Not only is the memoir refreshing and authentic, it also explores a relatively unknown industry. Samantha Paris's character is engaging and vivid and evolves throughout the memoir. The secondary characters are also well developed. --BookLife Prize, Critic's Report Finding the Bunny is an eye-opener, a thought-provoker, an education, an adventure and an inspiration. (It's) about transformation more than anything else-- offering ideas that may challenge or freshen your thinking, enrich your life and light your own path. --Peter Coyote, acclaimed actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audiobooks Samantha Paris lets you in on the private pain that launched an incredible career as the nation's preeminent voiceover coach. Don't miss her uplifting message -- works for everyone, even if you've never stepped into a recording studio. At times, funny, emotional, gripping, and above all, triumphant. --Dan Noyes, ABC News Finding the Bunny is a rollercoaster ride through the whacky world of voiceover and how Sam built the country's biggest voiceover academy. But it's also an honest journey into finding her reason for existing on this big, scary planet. Funny, effervescent, zany, stirring, chatty, soulful. Read it and you'll be inspired to find your own bunny. -- Sam Pond, Award-winning writer/producer, Sam Pond Creative There was such inspiration from Samantha's conflict and resolution in her story. And HONESTY. Finding your bunny is such a great metaphor. This book is about each one of us finding our own voice, which may be different from the one we might have been programmed by others to think is our voice. --Edie Keller, Marriage and Family Therapist Everyone has a journey, and Samantha is candid and courageous in sharing hers. Sam's book lets us all in on a little secret: you can do it! One chapter pulls you to the next, lesson after lesson, much like studying at Voicetrax, a transformative direction takes form, from unconsciously incapable toward unconsciously capable; and voila: BUNNY! - Michael Stecher, voice actor

Author Information

Samantha Paris is a three time Clio-award-winning voice actor, educator, entrepreneur and founder of Voicetrax San Francisco, the largest and most respected voice-over academy in the United States. Born Bobbi Block in Southern California, Samantha landed a commercial agent at age sixteen and went on to enjoy a career that included nearly 1,000 national and regional commercials and roles in nearly 200 half-hour animated television cartoon shows, including the mega-hit cult series, Jem and the Holograms. Samantha founded Voicetrax San Francisco in 1988, and over the years, has trained more than 10,000 people. With a fierce commitment to the philosophy that talent can be taught, she has turned actors and non-actors from al walks of life into working voiceover artists, many of whom supplement their incomes and others who go on to making voice-over their full time living garnering six to seven figures a year. Above all, Samantha has helped transform the lives of people through the process of helping them find their true voices and ultimately, find their bunnies. And in that process, she found her bunny.

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