Alec Stevens attended the Art Students League of New York City and the New School (a division of Parsons School of Design) as well as the Kubert School, where he now teaches college art classes. Alec has worked as a professional illustrator since 1985 for such clients as The New York Times Book Review and The New Yorker magazine as well as for the Reader's Digest Corp., AT&T, Tower Records, and United Features Syndicate among others.