Ben Heer started drawing comic strips when he was in the fourth grade. Since then, his work has been published in a student newspaper, books, and in Hoard's Dairyman. After graduating college at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls, Ben pursued theatre work in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. After five years of performing on professional stages and working various day jobs, Ben moved back home to the family farm in 2020 and started self publishing his gag strip 40 Days Fresh in books. While Nepetism is the third book he has written, it is his first book to be published with Pine Run Press.