Alex Nabaum has been a freelance illustrator for 20 years. He grew up in Colorado but currently skis in Wyoming-Idaho with his kids. Previously he has worked as a KFC fry cook, grocery bagger, library shelver, treadmill tester, caricature artist, t-shirt designer, and newspaper staff artist.

His illustrations have appeared in the pages of the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, National Geographic, Backcountry Magazine, and on the covers of Newsweek, Forbes, and ESPN.