Kyle Kouri (@kylekouri on Instagram) received his MFA in Fiction from Columbia University. He is the co-founder of Slashtag Cinema, a film production company, and has directed and acted in many films and plays. His writing has appeared in Maudlin House, Pool Party Magazine, Cleaver Magazine, the Columbia Journal, Farewell Transmission, Bruiser Magazine, and Icebreakers Lit. The Problem Drinker is his first book. He lives in and around LA with his rescue dogs and his girlfriend, the writer CJ Leede.