Ken Baumann

Kenneth Robert Tuff Baumann (born August 8, 1989) is an American writer, publisher, and book designer. For ten years, he worked in theater, film, and television, becoming most known for playing Ben Boykewich on The Secret Life of the American Teenager. He is the author of the novels Solip and Say, Cut, Map, the nonfiction book EarthBound, as well as various essays, short stories, and poems. He owns and operates Sator Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publishing company, is the series designer for Boss Fight Books, and co-published No Colony, a literary journal, with Blake Butler (author). He is a co-founder of the iOS app Sweetspot, ^[1] and an angel investor in the learning platform Memrise.^[2] He currently attends St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Personal life

Baumann was born in Urbana, Illinois, the son of Vicki and Robert Baumann.^[3] He grew up in Abilene, Texas, where his family owned and operated a miniature horse ranch and wildlife rescue. In 2012, he was diagnosed with Crohn's disease.^[4] He married actress Aviva Farber on June 16, 2012 in Malibu, California.^[5]

Book design

Along with serving as the series designer for Boss Fight Books, Baumann designed the covers for fuckscapes by Sean Kilpatrick,^[6] each issue of No Colony'', and each title published by Sator Press.

Published works

Novels

• Solip (2013) ISBN 978-0985023546
• Say, Cut, Map (2013) ISBN 978-1497651913

Nonfiction

• EarthBound (2014) ISBN 978-1940535005

References

External links

• Ken Baumann's website
• Ken Baumann at the Internet Movie Database
• Ken Baumann's blog
• Sator Press