Ken Krimstein is a cartoonist, author, and educator whose work appears in the New Yorker, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Chicago Tribune.

His most recent book, When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teenagers, was named an NPR Best Book of the Year, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year, a Top Ten Graphic Novel of 2021, and a Chicago Tribune Best Read.

His 2018 book, The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt, won the Bernard J. Bromel Award for Biography and Memoir and was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award.

He teaches at DePaul University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Photo by Richard Shay