Lou Holly has been writing since the late 1980s, having worked as a local newspaper reporter, a columnist for trade magazines and further afield. A self-employed entrepreneur most of his adult life, past occupations include owner of a band booking agency, bodyguard for a Chicago actress, and owner of a limousine business. Before his recent retirement, he and his wife published the 1950s and 60s nostalgia magazine, Keep Rockin’. He lives in Naperville, Illinois.