Stephen Michael Kellat is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. A 2004 graduate of the Master of Science in Library Science program at Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Kellat works on projects for LISNews.org and Erie Looking Productions among others in text as well as multimedia. Outside that he herds alpacas, cats, and other animals. Influences include Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic, Rush Limbaugh, Marcus Brigstocke, Alistaire Cooke, former Canadian Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Joe Clark, and Edward James Olmos.