Cynthia Ann Schemmer is a writer, editor, musician, and grave gardener living in Philadelphia. She worked as the managing editor of She Shreds Magazine from 2014 through 2021, and has been published in numerous other outlets including Stompbox: A Visual Exploration of the Guitar Pedal, Lincoln Center’s The Score, Mask Magazine, Impose, and Underwater New York, among others. In 2012, she co-authored a chapter in Don’t Leave Your Friends Behind, a collection of tips and narratives on ways non-parents can support parents and children. Outside of writing, she has toured the world with the band Radiator Hospital and sporadically writes her own music as Swanning.