Ben Lueders is an illustrator, designer, podcaster and author in Omaha Nebraska.

Ben is the founder and a principal owner of Fruitful, an Omaha-based design and strategy agency specializing in branding, websites and story-based messaging. He enjoys leading Fruitful's design team as an art director. An avid communicator, Ben is also the co-host of the Growing a Fruitful Brand podcast, and enjoys giving presentations on design, creativity and imagination.

Ben is the author and illustrator of the children’s adventure novel Escape from Terikiak. He created it in partnership with his creative children. It is the first book in a new series: The Ficus Family Adventures.

Ben and his wife Meg raise five kids together in their Omaha home: Jonah, Isaiah, Gideon, Donna, and Moses.