Louis Arata is a writer and actor from the Chicago area, not something he planned in advance but seems to be working nicely for him. He grew up in northern Virginia, just outside of DC, then attended high school and college in West Virginia. The day after graduating Shepherd University, he headed to the Second City.
Various jobs over the years have included selling classified ads, formatting questionnaires, debriefing former gang members, handing out stipend checks, and designing databases.
He is the author of Dead Hungry, a novel about Ghouls in modern-day Chicago. His other work includes two plays: A Careful Wish, a play about Christmas, possible miracles, and other family dysfunction; and Come Undone, about a young man dealing with the manifestation of childhood trauma.