Lori Linstruth

Lori Von Linstruth is an American lyricist, music manager and retired guitarist. She currently resides in the Netherlands where she lives with her partner and musical collaborator Arjen Anthony Lucassen.

She is also Lucassen's manager, the webmaster of Lucassen's official website, and was a member of his former bands Stream of Passion and Guilt Machine (notably writing all lyrics for Guilt Machine's sole album On This Perfect Day). Since retiring as a guitarist in 2010, she has continued to work with Lucassen, notably co-writing the lyrics of his Ayreon album The Theory of Everything and of Simone Simons' solo album Vermillion, for which Lucassen wrote the music.