Candice Sue Millard is an American

United States

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 writer

Writer

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 and journalist

Journalist

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. She is a former writer and editor for National Geographic and the author of The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey, a history of the Roosevelt–Rondon Scientific Expedition, Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

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's exploration of the Amazon Rainforest

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 in 1913 and 1914. The River of Doubt, published in 2005 by Doubleday, was a New York Times Best Seller. Millard's second book, Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine & the Murder of a President, was released in September 2011, and is also a New York Times Best Seller.

Personal life and education

Millard is a graduate of Baker University

Baker University

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, Baldwin City, Kansas

Kansas

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. and earned a master's degree in literature from Baylor University

Baylor University

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. She married Mark Uhlig in May 2001. Millard lives in Kansas City with her husband and three children.

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