Piper Chen Sings

Phillipa Soo is an actor and singer, best known for originating the role of "Eliza" in Broadway's critically acclaimed HAMILTON, earning her a Tony nomination, a Grammy win, and an Emmy nomination for the award-winning film on Disney+. She has also appeared as "Cinderella" in INTO THE WOODS on Broadway, and "Guinevere" in Aaron Sorkin's Broadway revival of CAMELOT, among many other plays and musicals. She stars in the film adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid's bestselling novel, ONE TRUE LOVES, and voices the moon goddess, "Chang'e," in Netflix's animated feature, OVER THE MOON. On television, Soo can be seen in Hulu's DOPESICK and in AppleTV+'s SHINING GIRLS. She resides in Brooklyn with her husband and fellow actor, Steven Pasquale.

Maris Pasquale Doran, LCSW has always loved listening to and learning from people's personal narratives and has evolved her career in social work to include writing and creating her own characters and stories. Piper Chen Sings is her first publication. She continues to work as a private psychotherapist and is an adjunct lecturer at Columbia University's School of Social Work. She lives in Maplewood, NJ with her husband and two young children. Reading to them is always her favorite part of the day.

Qin Leng is a visual development artist as well as an illustrator and author of children's books. Recent books include A Day for Sandcastles written by Jon Arno Lawson, Clover, which was the winner of the prestigious Governor General Literary Award, written by Nadine Robert, and her author-illustrator debut I am Small. She lives in Toronto with her husband and her son.