Uri Kurlianchik was born in the Soviet Union in 1985 and for his sins was sent to Israel in 1989. He's an avid hiker and has gone on hundreds of small adventures all over Israel. His day job is playing D&D with kids and teenagers in schools and community centers. His writing is deeply inspired by all of the above--the refugee experience, the exciting and secret places he found on his small adventures, and the cool stories woven with his young (and old) players. He's the author of the interconnected collection Israeli Storyteller and Rats!, a satirical lit-RPG novel.