Mike Doughty is a Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, blogger, and photographer. He's also the author of the collection of poetry Slanky and a number of plays, as well as an Aquaman story for DC Comics' Bizarro World. He has also had a piece of music writing included in the Da Capo Press Best Music Writing series.

His latest album Golden Delicious,produced by Dan Wilson, was released in February of 2008. His previous album Haughty Melodic was hugely popular and was featured on the TV shows Grey's Anatomy and Veronica Mars.

Prior to his solo career Doughty was the front man for the band Soul Coughing. He left the group in 2000 ("against the advice of every sensible person I knew," he says) for a solo career and tour that took him across the country.