Tyler W. Kurt self-identifies as a teacher, writer, traveler, and trail runner. He left the practice of law to spend five years teaching Socratic discussion classes in an Arizona High School. He has visited 40+ countries and has lived in Mozambique, China, and Argentina. Accordingly, he has learned and forgotten Portuguese, Chinese, and Spanish. He has written and/or optioned a dozen screenplays for Hollywood production, sold more than a dozen short screenplays, had his short plays performed in at least a dozen states, and has had his short stories published in more places than he can remember.