Cathy Burnham Martin’s first published writing happened at age 6, when her poem won a town library contest.  That was back when her parents refused to let her have the then-popular Chatty Cathy doll, stating that one chatty Cathy in the house was more than enough.  Though poetry took a back seat, she has since driven her writing and blabbing proficiencies along a highly eclectic career path through recruiting, acting, marketing, broadcasting, and even bank organizing. 

This professional voiceover artist, journalist, corporate communications geek, and dedicated foodie earned numerous awards as a television news anchor.  She acknowledges that her broadcasting skills enjoyed extremely humble beginnings, as she often appeared in the rows of children watching cartoons and playing games like “Name the States” and “Simon Says” on WMUR-TV’s “Uncle Gus Show.”  As an adult, she has written, produced, and hosted dozens of groundbreaking documentaries, TV specials, and news reports, ranging from the Moscow Super Power Summit and the opening of the Berlin Wall to extensive coverage of New Hampshire’s First-in-the-Nation Presidential Primaries.

A born storyteller, Cathy showed questionable promise as she made up ghost and crime stories for weekly elementary school Show & Tell sessions, including one that sounded so real that local police were summoned to interview the imaginative first grader.  Such antics led to her first acting role, when she proudly played Peter Rabbit in a neighborhood production.  It turns out she got the role because the older children wanted to avoid being the kid who’d get spanked for tearing their shorts while escaping under the farmer’s wire fence in every performance.  She landed future roles more admirably, and remains a member of the Actors Equity Association, media coach, and business speaker.  A Professional Member of the National Speakers Association since 1995, Cathy Burnham Martin has been dubbed “The Morale Booster.”

Cathy Burnham Martin narrates her own books as well as those of other authors.  Audiobooks can be found on such sites as Audible.com as well as from Amazon and iTunes.  In addition to fiction and nonfiction books, Cathy writes articles for the GoodLiving123.com blog. 

Splitting their time between New Hampshire, Florida, and North Carolina, Cathy and her husband, Ron Martin, enjoy traveling, boating, and good food.  While her father once trained under the executive chef at Boston’s famed Copley Plaza Hotel, and her mother quickly gained Best-Cook-In-Town status, Cathy’s passion for great tasting, simple cooking led to the celebrated KISS™ Keep It Super Simple original recipe cookbook series.