Cedric Gemy is a French freelance graphic designer and training advisor who lives in Rennes but travels a lot to teach Scribus, GIMP, and Inkscape. He has been working with these software since around 2003.

Besides his freelance activities, he also teaches communication design in some French universities and private schools.

He is an active member of the Scribus and Inskcape team, involved in the user interface refactoring project of Scribus and in the documentation of Inkscape. He is a creator of the French Free Graphic Designer Association (AFGRAL) and FLOSSMANUALS Francophon.

This is his fifth book; he has already written two books about GIMP, one published under GPL licence, one about Inskcape, and one in French about Scribus.

He can be reached through his websites http://www.cgemy.com and http://www.creationlibre.org, where he provides information about free graphic software news and usage.