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How to pronounce author names starting with A

Author Pronunciations

60 last names beginning with "A"

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Frank W.. Abagnale
AB-ag-nail
Atia Abawi
uh-TEE-uh uh-BOW-ee
Leila Aboulela
Aboul-Ela
Diana Abu-Jaber
AH-boo JAH-ber
Izzeldin Abuelaish
issel-deen abu-laysh
Lauren Acampora
ah-come-POUR-uh
Andre Aciman
ANN-dray AH-see-mahn
Gil Adamson
Gil is short for Gillian, thus pronounced Jill
Tomi Adeyemi
TOE-me ah-dee-YEH-me
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Chim-muh-MAHN-duh en-GOH-zee ah-DEECH-ee-(ay) The “ay” is soft, not quite a diphthong.
Aravind Adiga
arh-vindh adi-ja
Bisi Adjapon
BIH-see ad-juh-PAHN
Aamina Ahmad
AH-min-uh AH-muhd
Jamila Ahmed
juh-MEE-luh AH-mehd
Kaveh Akbar
KAH-veh ACK-bar
Qais Akbar Omar
First name pronounced kice (rhymes with rice)
Ayad Akhtar
i-yahd AHK-tar (first syllable rhymes with my)
Uwem Akpan
u-em ak-pan
Boris Akunin
The pen name of Grigory Chkhartishvili, pronounced CHAHAR-kesh-veely
Rabih Alameddine
Rah-be Ahlah-m'dean
Daniel Alarcon
danYELL all-ar-CONE (the "r" is not rolled as in Spanish only double-r's are rolled)
Mitch Albom
al-bum (as in record album)
Madeleine Albright
All-bright
Alan Alda
AL-da. Most pronounce the first syllable to rhyme with ball, but considering Alda's father created the name from the first two letters of his first and last name (Alphonso D'Abruzzo), arguably the first syllable should be as in the Al in Alphonso.
Sherman Alexie
sher-mn a-lexie
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