Biography
Hi, I’m Vivien Mildenberger, an illustrator and ceramicist based in Nashville, Tennessee. I’ve illustrated numerous children’s books and written some too! My two favorite things are painting and powerlifting!
for all illustration inquiries please contact Kait Feldmann at Kt Literary
Education: BFA Art Center College of Design, Foundational Diploma University of the Arts London CCW
Clients include: The New York Times, Amazon Prime Video, Cricket and Spider Magazines, Penguin Random House, Houghton Mifflin Harcort, Little Bee, HarperCollins, Frances Lincoln, and many more.
Books
2025 Otto and the Story Tree, Random House Studio
2024 Comet Chaser by Pamela Turner, Chronicle
2023 Kati’s Tiny Messengers by Susan Hoyt, HarperCollins
2022 Fighting For Yes by Maryann Cocca-Leffler, Abrams
2020 Epic Voyages: Sacagawea by Gerry Bailey, Bramble
2020 A Vote is a Voice by Eliza Boxer, Sleeping Bear Press
2020 Judah Touro Didn’t Want To Be Famous by Audrey Ades, Kar-Ben
2019 Think Smart, Be Fearless by Sharon Mentyka, Little Bigfoot
2019 All in a Drop by Lori Alexander, HMH Kids
2019 Time Sight, by Lynne Jonell, Macmillan/Henry Holt
2018 The Book of Family Trees by Kari Hauge, Frances Lincoln
2018 The Flourishing of Floralie Laurel by Fiadhnait Moser, Little Bee
Awards
2021 American Illustration 40
2020 ALA Sibert Honor Book
2020 American Illustration 39
2020 World Illustration Awards Longlist
2016 American Illustration 35
2016 New American Paintings, No. 127 Pacific Coast Issue