Ken Krimstein is a biographer and graphic novelist based in Evanston, Illinois. He holds a BA in history from Grinnell College and an MS in journalism from Northwestern University. He has been a contributing cartoonist for the New Yorker since 2013. Krimstein’s work has also appeared in National Lampoon, Wall Street Journal, American Bystander, and Prospect, among others. He is the author of Kvetch as Kvetch Can: Jewish Cartoons (Clarkson-Potter, 2011), The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt: A Tyranny of Truth (Bloomsbury, 2018), When I Grow Up: The Lost Autobiographies of Six Yiddish Teens (Bloomsbury, 2021), and Einstein in Kafkaland: How Albert Fell down the Rabbit Hole and Came Up with the Universe (Bloomsbury, August 2024). His books have received numerous recognitions, including an NPR Best Book of the Year, a Chicago Tribune “Best Read,” and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year for When I Grow Up; and a Bernard J. Bromel Award for Biography and Memoir for The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt. Krimstein has taught graphic writing at Grinnell College, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and DePaul University.