Lynne Schmidt
Lynne Schmidt is the grandchild of a Holocaust survivor, and a mental health professional with a focus in trauma and healing. She is the winner of the 2021 The Poetry Question Chapbook Award for their collection, Sexytime, and 2020 New Women's Voices Contest for their chapbook, Dead Dog Poems (Finishing Line Press). Other chapbooks include Gravity (Nightingale and Sparrow Press) which was listed as one of the 17 Best Breakup Books to Read in 2020, and On Becoming a Role Model (Thirty West). In 2012 she started the project, AbortionChat, which aims to lessen the stigma around abortion. When given the choice, Lynne prefers the company of her three dogs and one cat to humans.