Rebecca Swan was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1970. She is the co-screenwriter of director John Carpenter's two Masters of Horror episodes: Cigarette Burns and Pro-Life, produced as part of the series for Showtime. She co-wrote "Skin & Bones" for the the Masters of Horror follow-up show Fear Itself. Swan's most recent work is the 2018 horror movie Extremity and The Final Interview.