ABOUT MILANKA REARDON
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Milanka Reardon is co-Illustrator Coordinator for the New England
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. She is a graduate
of the Children’s Book Illustration and the Natural Science Illustration
Certificate programs at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her
illustration of “A Beary Special Friend” won the R Michelson Galleries Emerging Artist Award
at the NESCBWI 2016 conference. Her illustration of a dragon bridge won
first place in the unpublished division in the NESCBWI poster showcase
in 2012. Milanka’s artwork has been displayed at the Wedeman Gallery’s
“Picture a Story” exhibit, the Warwick Museum of Art’s “Tell Me a
Story” exhibit, at the Spring Bull Gallery in Newport, RI and at the R
Michelson Galleries in Northampton, MA. She lives with her family in
Uxbridge, Massachusetts.
Milanka recently illustrated her first
picture book, Noodles’ and Albie’s Birthday Surprise, which is a 2018
Mom’s Choice Gold Award Recipient. You can see more of her work on her website MilankaReardon.com, on instagram at milanka_reardon and on Twitter @MilankaReardon.
