Cynthia Horner

Who is Cynthia Horner?

Cynthia Horner is a writer, magazine editor, and entertainment industry entrepreneur. An African-American woman, Horner is based in New York City.

Media specialist and former Right On! Magazine's Editorial Director, Cynthia Horner was born in Anderson, Indiana, the eldest of three children, and relocated to Southern California where she developed her career as a writer. By the age of 11, she had become the editor of her elementary school newspaper; while attending Newbury Park High School in Newbury Park, California, she became a professional journalist, writing stories about her community and high school for the local newspapers, and was granted early admission to Seaver College of Pepperdine University at Malibu where she received scholarships from Scripps-Howard Publishers, and the Seaver College Department of Communications.

Upon graduation from Pepperdine University she made magazine history by becoming the youngest editor of a nationally published magazine, Right On! Over the years, as a celebrity journalist she has interviewed virtually every African-American entertainer, including such luminaries as Michael Jackson, The Jacksons, Janet Jackson, Prince, Brandy, Queen Latifah, and thousands of others. She is recipient of the Journalist of the Year Award from the International Association of African-American Music, and has received countless awards and citations for her contributions to the music industry.