Allan Monteilh
Narrator · Voice Actor · Producer
Allan brings a grounded, expressive voice to romance, urban fiction, mystery, suspense, and nonfiction — and manages full audiobook productions from manuscript to master.
About Your1st Voice
The voice of your story.
Narration, full audiobook production, and original storytelling — built around care for the work and clarity for the people making it.
01The story
Your1st Voice began with a simple belief: a narrator's job is not to be noticed. It is to make the story impossible to leave.
That work grew from performance into production — the planning, casting, editing, proofing, mastering, and communication that carry an author's manuscript all the way to listeners.
Dimly Lit extends the same craft into original fiction: literary, cinematic stories made for the ear first.
02The people
Nia Forrester
Writer · Creative Partner
Nia is the literary partner behind Dimly Lit's original-fiction direction, co-creating stories that live at the intersection of suspense, psychology, and atmosphere.
03Three names, one ecosystem
Your1st Voice
The professional home for narration, production, and project management.
Allan Monteilh
The narrator and voice actor clients hear, audition, and hire.
Dimly Lit
The original-fiction imprint for dark, literary audio experiences.
04How we work
Principles we don't bend.
01
Story first
Every choice — casting, pacing, edit, interface — serves the story and the people creating it.
02
Professional, never corporate
Reliability and process discipline, without losing personality or creative warmth.
03
Audio should be easy
You should be able to find and play the right sample in seconds, on any page.
04
Clear next steps
Every page ends with a direction: listen, request, start, or explore.
05
Secure by default
Manuscripts, contracts, and private recordings are never exposed through public links.
Let's tell it together.
Start with a sample, an audition, or a conversation about the full production.