Ken Baumann

Kenneth Robert Tuff Baumann (born August 8, 1989) is an American actor, 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", "Say, Cut, Map", and "The Country", as well as the nonfiction books "EarthBound" and "Eat the Flowers", as well as various essays, short stories and poems. He owns and operates Sator Press, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit publishing company, was the series designer for Boss Fight Books and co-published "No Colony", a literary journal, with Blake Butler. He is a co-founder of the iOS app Sweetspot, and an angel investor in the learning platform Memrise. In 2014, Baumann enrolled at St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Personal life.
Baumann was born in Urbana, Illinois, the son of Vicki and Robert Baumann. 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. He married actress Aviva Farber on June 16, 2012 in Malibu, California.
Baumann is a member of Giving What We Can, a community of people who have pledged to give at least 10% of their income to effective charities.
Book design.
Along with serving as the series designer for Boss Fight Books, Baumann designed the covers for "fuckscapes" by Sean Kilpatrick, each issue of "No Colony", and each title published by Sator Press.