Ann Telnaes' editorial cartoons have appeared in such prestigious publications as The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Newsday, The New York Times, The Baltimore Sun and USA Today.

In 1997, Telnaes received the National Headliner Award for Editorial Cartoons. She won the 1996 Population Institute XVIIth Global Media Awards for Best Cartoonist and the Sixth Annual Environmental Media Awards in editorial cartooning. She was a finalist for the 1996 National Cartoonists Society Reuben Awards in the editorial cartoon category.

Her television appearances include The Newshour with Jim Lehrer, C-Span and The Editors, World Affairs Television.

Before beginning her career as an editorial cartoonist, Telnaes worked at Warner Bros. and Walt Disney Imagineering. She has been an animator and layout designer for various animation studios in London, Los Angeles, Taiwan and New York.

Telnaes was born in Stockholm, Sweden, and graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, specializing in character animation.

She resides in Washington, DC, with her husband, David Lloyd.