Born in Oslo, Norway, Ben Jelter lives in San Francisco where he works on illustration and sequential art. Ben also instructs classes on figure drawing, character design and comics at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco.

He has received multiple recognitions and awards from the Academy of Art and the Society of Illustrators including the Academy's Best of Sequential Art award and the Society of Illustrators' Norma and Alvin Pimsler award.

His first graphic novel, "The Tumor" was released on October 1st. Visit TheTumor.net for more information and to order.