Sven Kuzmins (1985) is a Latvian writer, artist and actor. He mainly writes prose fiction, critical articles, and journalism, but also experiments with various forms of visual arts and literature. He is actively involved in other media projects, and is know to the wider public as one of the initiators and authors behind the NERTEN sketch theatre project. Pilsētas šamaņi/ Urban Shamans (Dienas Grāmata, 2016) is Kuzmins' first collection of stories, complimented by his own graphic drawings. His works have been translated into English, Russian and Lithuanian, and published in various printed and online platforms. Right now he is working on his second book.