Anna Alice Chapin was an American author and playwright born in New York City in 1880. She worked across multiple literary forms, writing novels, short stories, fairy tales, and books on music throughout her career. Chapin is perhaps best remembered for her 1904 collaboration with Glen MacDonough on a children's book adaptation of the Babes in Toyland operetta. This work became a notable contribution to children's literature of the early twentieth century. Chapin died in New York City in 1920 at the age of 39.