Edward Benjamin Koren (December 13, 1935 – April 14, 2023) was an American writer, illustrator, and political cartoonist, most notably featured in The New Yorker.

[1] Edward Benjamin Koren was born in a Jewish family in New York City on December 13, 1935,[2] and attended Horace Mann School and Columbia University, graduating in 1957.

[2] In May 1962, The New Yorker accepted one of Koren's cartoons featuring a sloppy looking writer, cigarette dangling from his lips, sitting before a typewriter.

[2] Koren's cartoons, drawings, and prints have been widely exhibited in shows across the United States as well as in France, England, and Czechoslovakia.

[2] Koren resided with his family in Vermont where he was a member of the Brookfield Volunteer Fire Department, formerly serving as its captain.