Jelka Reichman (1939) is a painter and one of the most important book illustrators in Slovenia. Her oeuvre spans more than 200 literary projects. She has been working with the Mladinska Knjiga Publishing House since 1964. She illustrated now famous books by Kajetan Kovič (My Friend Piki Jacob, Muri the Cat, The Doll and the Girl, Racket the Dragon, The Golden Ship), Svetlana Makarovič (The Fearsome Wolf), Leopold Suhodolčan (Stumpytumpy), Srečko Kosovel (Little Sweet-Tooth Bears), Prežihov Voranc (The Left Pocket), Polonca Kovač (Mousie), the fairy tale series The Golden Bird, and others. Her artwork also adorns the Cicido and Ciciban magazines. Part of her extensive opus is collected in the anthologies The Miracle Garden and A Fir Tree Has Grown. She has received numerous awards for her work, including the Levstik Award, the Hinko Smrekar Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Levstik Lifetime Achievement Award. She is an Honorary Citizen of Ljubljana, and she has also been named Slovenian Woman of the Year.