Ted Lewin

Ted Lewin grew up in an old frame house in Buffalo, NY with two brothers, one sister, two parents, a lion, an iguana, a chimpanzee, some monkeys, and an assortment of more conventional pets. Ted has garnered many awards including a silver medal and The Hamilton King Award from the Society of Illustrators and a Caldecott Honor for Peppe, The Lamplighter by Elisa Bartone.The Lewins live in Brooklyn, New York in a hundred and twenty year old brownstone near Pratt Institute where they first met.