Ted Dewan

Ted Dewan is an England-based American author/illustrator, born in 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts. He is married to fellow-illustrator Helen Cooper and is the brother of musician/artist Brian Dewan.

Life

Ted Dewan grew up in Lexington, Massachusetts, and had musical and artistic aspirations from a young age. He studied engineering and electronic music at Brown University, Rhode Island where he studied with his mentor, author/illustrator David Macaulay, before working for five years as a Physics teacher at Milton Academy.

In 1988, he relocated to London to continue a relationship with a Scottish girlfriend, where he began to make a living as a full-time illustrator and cartoonist, drawing for British newspapers such as The Times (and The Times Educational Supplement), The Guardian, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph. In his spare time, he performed a solo accordion act on London's comedy circuit, to mixed and "misunderstood" reviews at such ferocious venues as The Comedy Store and the Hackney Empire. Within a few years of...
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