His watercolors are in private collections in the US, Canada, Iceland, and Switzerland. His watercolor Browns Head Light Vinalhaven was Best in Show at the Port Clyde (Maine) Art Gallery Third Annual Invitational 10 x 10 Show in 2017. His 2018 Winter Olympics curling watercolors were a two-page feature in the Maine Sunday Telegram Arts Section. McMillan's watercolor art has been in numerous juried shows in New England and Iceland. In 2006, he was honored by the Maine Library Association with the Katahdin Award honoring his outstanding body of work of children's literature in Maine. He has published three genres of children's picture books - concept books, nonfiction, and fiction. His interest in biology is often reflected in his books' topics. In addition to his 45 children's books, seven of them set in Iceland, he has authored two books of humor, Punography, featured in Life magazine, and Punography Too. He received a degree in biology from the University of Maine. Born in Massachusetts, he grew up in Bangor, and Kennebunk, Maine. Bruce McMillan (May 10, 1947- ) is a contemporary American author of children books, photo-illustrator and watercolor artist living in Shapleigh, Maine.
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