Abby Ronner is a NYC-based journalist who specializes in arts and culture and human interest with a bent toward the eccentric. Her article about The Federation of Black Cowboys in Queens ran as a cover story for The Village Voice and she's written about characters, such as Angel, one of the last manual elevator operators in New York and his parrot, Mario. Beyond The Village Voice, her writing is featured in VICE's The Creators Project, Narratively, Delta Sky Magazine, Pork & Mead Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Bushwick Daily and others.