Candice Millard

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|birth_name = Candice Sue Millard

|birth_date = 1967

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|subject = American history

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Candice Sue Millard (born 1967) is an American writer and journalist. She is a former writer and editor for National Geographic and the author of four books: The River of Doubt, a history of the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition of the Amazon rainforest in 1913–14; Destiny of the Republic, about the assassination of James A. Garfield; Hero of the Empire, about Winston Churchill's activities during the Boer War; and River of the Gods, about the search for the source of the Nile River.

Personal life and education

Millard grew up in Lexington, Ohio.{{cite web|url=http://www.signature-reads.com/2012/07/interview-with-author-candice-millard/|title=Interview with Author Candice Millard - Signature Reads|date=July 27, 2012|publisher=}}[https://www.c-span.org/video/transcript/?id=54048 Q&A Candice Millard, Sep 22 2016 | Video | C-SPAN.org Transcript Viewer] Retrieved 2018-06-06. She is a graduate of Baker University and earned a master's degree in literature from Baylor University.{{cite news |title=WEDDINGS; Candice Millard, Mark Uhlig |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/13/style/weddings-candice-millard-mark-uhlig.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=May 13, 2001 |accessdate=July 30, 2011}}

Millard married Mark Uhlig in May 2001. She has a corner office at his publishing company in Overland Park, Kansas, where she works while their three children are in school.{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/entertainment/books/article102040987.html|title=Here's where Candice Millard creates her best-sellers|newspaper=The Kansas City Star |date=September 16, 2016 |author=Cindy Hoedel|accessdate=January 6, 2017}} They live in Leawood, Kansas.

Awards

Both The River of Doubt (2005), and Destiny of the Republic (2011) were New York Times Best Sellers. River of Doubt was a Quill Awards finalist.

In April 2012, Millard won the Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime Book for Destiny of the Republic.{{cite web|url=http://www.criminalelement.com/blogs/2012/04/2012-edgar-awards-the-glamorous-side-of-crime-leslie-gilbert-elman-true-detective-police-traditional-cozy-thrillers-noir-historical-westerns-nonfiction-mystery-writers-of-america-mo-hayder-martha-grimes-lori-roy|title=2012 Edgar Awards: The Glamorous Side of Crime by Leslie Gilbert Elman|first=Leslie Gilbert|last=Elman|date=April 27, 2012 |publisher=}} The book also received a PEN Center USA Award and the 34th Thorpe Menn Award for Literary Excellence from the American Association of University Women, Kansas City Branch, in 2012.{{cite journal|title=Thorpe Menn Award Luncheon Celebrates 21 Authors and Its Namesake|journal=AAUW Taking Action|date=Nov 2012|series=AAUW Newsletter|pages=1|url=http://kansascity-mo.aauw.net/events/thorpe-menn-literary-award/}}

Subsequently, Millard won the 2017 BIO Award from the Biographers International Organization for her biographies of Churchill, Garfield, and Roosevelt.{{Cite news|url=http://biographersinternational.org/candice-millard-wins-2017-bio-award/|title=Candice Millard Wins 2017 BIO Award|date=2017-02-10|work=Biographers International Organization|access-date=2017-04-25|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426062627/http://biographersinternational.org/candice-millard-wins-2017-bio-award/|archive-date=April 26, 2017|url-status=dead}}