Paul Christiansen is the author of Beneath Saigon’s Chò Nâu (Phương Nam Publishing House), a bilingual collection of essays; the editor and curator of In My Ear, Your Voice Still Flickering // Bên tai tôi, giọng người vẫn chờn vờn, a three-part bilingual collection of Vietnamese art and literature and the co-editor of A Rainy Night in the City (Hanoi Publishing House), a bilingual anthology of short stories. He is currently the Content Director at Saigoneer.

Phan Lê Hà, a professor in the field of education, has also authored poems, short novels and stories in English and Vietnamese. Under her pen-name Thạch Thảo, Phan Lê Hà had her Phía Sau Những Cánh Cửa // Behind Doors, a short novel, published in 2017 by The World Publishing House, Hanoi. The second volume of this novel is upcoming, and it is titled Phía Sau Những Cánh Cửa – Dạ Khúc Mưa // Behind Doors – The Melody of Rain. These two volumes have been the main inspirations for her installation works co-created with other artists and architects, with the first installation introduced in Hanoi in September 2022 and the follow-up one in Hue in August 2023.

Over the years, Phan Lê Hà has collaborated with artists and musicians to write songs and make albums, which include “Người Nghệ Sỹ Đường Phố” (Street Musicians) with Bao Dat, “Nhìn Lại” (Looking Back) with Ngo Hong Quang, and “Poetry Jazz The Muse” (Nàng Thơ) with Nguyen Bao Long and Pham Ha Linh. Eight songs in the upcoming album entitled “Những Con Sông Ngón Tay,” a collaboration with Tran Duc Minh and Tran Thu Ha (Ha Tran), were from her poems and lyrics. After many years of hesitation, in 2023 Phan Le Ha finally put together two poetry collections – Hey, Women of A New Age // Ớ Tân Thời and Soulmates // Tri Kỷ – for printing under the Women’s Publishing House.