Lauren Levato is a Chicago based artist and writer whose obsessions include insects, odd creatures (like humans, for instance), myths, fables, and tall tales. You see, her grandfather was quite the storyteller. Plus she's Irish and you know they never stop making things up. Oh, and you should know she was raised by wolves. You can find evidence of all this in her artwork, which includes drawing, painting, and sculpture.

She was trained at The School of Representational Art in Chicago and studied privately with Steven Assael. She earned her degrees in Professional Writing and Women's Studies from Purdue, and in Political Journalism from Georgetown University.

Lauren was born with a little red mohawk and grew up in Indiana, which both explain a lot.