A native of Nebraska City, Nebraska, Horan received a bachelor's degree in Journalism from the University of Nebraska in 1991, and his Juris doctorate from Creighton University in 1994. He has practiced commercial law for more than a decade, but aspires to some day break through as a screenwriter. Horan has completed work on an offbeat comedy entitled "Rabbit Trails" and is now working on an adaptation of "Headwaters," a quirky, murder-mystery novel penned by Horan in 2006.