Lisa and Lea Cohn have been writing the Bash and Lucy books and producing Bash and Lucy audiobooks since 2013, when Lea was five years old. Heather Nichols has illustrated all the Bash and Lucy books. Our audiobook readers have ranged in age from 5 to 82!
Lisa Cohn is an award-winning writer who has published stories in the Christian Science Monitor, Huffington Post, Mothering, Yahoo! Parenting, Brain, Child: The Magazine For Thinking Mothers, Horizon Air, Mother Earth News, Dogster and other publications. She started writing the first Bash and Lucy book, Bash and Lucy Fetch Confidence, after the family dog, Lucy, died suddenly at the age of 6. Lea, a 5-year-old book lover at the time, asked if she could help, and then became the marketing and public relations engine for the project. Lisa is the narrator in all the Bash and Lucy audiobooks.
Lea Cohn, now 17, appeared on the Today Show when she was 5-years-old in a piece about her YouTube book reviews and involvement in the Bash and Lucy project. She has also appeared on AM Northwest, Portland Today, KATU-TV and in the Oregonian, Portland Tribune, in Disney’s Babble and other media. She is the voice of Bash in the first three Bash and Lucy audiobooks. She also helped create the dream beast illustrations for Bash and Lucy Fetch Team and the Dream Beasts and came up with the cover concept for Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love Bark!“
She also co-founded, along with Lisa, the Roving Reader Leaders, a book club.
Illustrator Heather Nichols
Heather Nichols
“My artwork is an expression of my personal journey and perspective. It changes and flows as I grow and learn. Connecting with people who resonate with my work is like meeting family members from a forgotten magical world. I appreciate each and every one of you.”
Learn more about Heather at Mysterious Others.
The People Behind The Voices You’ll Hear in the Audiobook, Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love, Bark!”
Mateo Tennyson Taylor–Bash, James, Matthew
Mateo Tennyson Taylor is an award-winning actor based in Portland, Oregon. At age 6, Mateo made his professional acting debut at Portland’s Winningstad Theatre as Tiny Tim in A Christmas Carol. Mateo has played Gavroche in Les Miserables and has done several films in Oregon, Washington, and California. At age 8, Mateo became brand ambassador for a Silicon Valley tech company, filming numerous industrials. He’s done commercial and theatrical voice-over work, including two campaigns for a national retail store and as the voice of Chase from Paw Patrol for its upcoming video game release. Mateo’s an avid chess player; he loves baseball, football, and basketball, enjoys all things outdoors, and is an adoring big brother.
Ari Harris–Mayor Ally
Ari Harris is a Portland native with a passion for creative expression. She has an AAS of Music Performance and Technology from Clackamas Community College, decades of experience teaching children under the age of 6, and a lifelong love of dancing, gardening, and painting. Ari and her husband, Peter LeClair, co-own and operate Robinwood Music Studio and perform around the Portland area as a folk duo called moongate. She lives in West Linn, OR with her husband, two daughters, and two cats.
Vera Moroz–Vera
Vera grew up in Soviet-occupied Ukraine, in the village of Cherkasy, where she was born in 1942. She embodies strength, goodness, kindness, and intelligence–just like the Vera in Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love, Bark.”
When Vera turned six, her mother convinced the local teacher to let Vera attend school, in part because the bright young girl demanded it. Conditions were dismal. “The school was half-broken, only one big room. We had one long table and there was fourteen children, different ages,” said Vera.
Vera, a grandmother, now studies English, sells home-made food, and babysits to raise money for Ukrainians hurt by conflict.
Avery Christ–Adam, Paula, Rasheed, children’s group voices
Avery has performed in numerous theatrical productions. Some of their recent roles include Wolf in Into the Woods, Underling in Drowsy Chaperone Jr the Musical, Teen Fiona in Shrek Jr the Musical, and Regina in Rock of Ages Jr the Musical. They have been singing and playing piano for years and were very excited to try voice acting for the first time in Bash and Lucy Say, “Love, Love, Bark!”
Sunny Christ–Tristan, Chapter Titles, children’s group voices
Sunny has performed in a number of plays, including Alice in Alice in Wonderland, Derrick McCreedy in Nancy Drew and the Case of the Missing Letter, Milky White in Into the Woods, and Ensemble in The Drowsy Chaperone Jr. the Musical. She has also taken piano, singing, and dancing lessons. Sunny was very excited to be performing in her first audiobook!
Tate Noble–Coach, random characters with various accents, audiobook editor
Tate is an aspiring voice actor who has been doing impressions his entire life. He has been involved with multiple theatre productions since he was very young, and fell in love with acting as a whole. With this as his first venture into voice acting, he hopes to practice and further develop his skills in the future. He helped edit the audiobook.
Our Audiobook Editor/Website Designer: Art in Motion
Prashant Saha
For over 14 years, Prash has been shaping stories through sound, motion, and design. As a video and audio editor and graphic designer, he turns raw ideas into polished, powerful content that speaks louder than words. Whether it’s syncing a beat to a cut or crafting visuals that pop off the screen, creativity is his compass and passion is the fuel.
This isn’t just work—it’s art in motion.
Connect with Prash – qrcc.me/t3jc3eaeijvm
