David Aloi is a fiction writer living in Los Angeles. He's worked at Grindr, Medium, and McSweeney's. His writing has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Rumpus, Chicago Review, Water~Stone Review, and elsewhere. He's received fellowships from MacDowell, Lambda Literary Foundation, Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, and Willapa Bay AiR. Currently, he's finishing his debut collection.