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.

Millard grew up in Lexington, Ohio.^[1][2] She is a graduate of Baker University and earned a master's degree in literature from Baylor University.^[3]

Millard married Mark Uhlig in May 2001.^[3] She has a corner office at his publishing company in Overland Park, Kansas, where she works while their three children are in school.^[4] They live in Leawood, Kansas.

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.^[5] 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.^[6]

Subsequently, Millard won the 2017 BIO Award from the Biographers International Organization for her biographies of Churchill, Garfield, and Roosevelt.^[7]

• Keepers of the Faith: The Living Legacy of Aksum National Geographic (July 2001)
• The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey (2005) ISBN 978-0-7679-1373-7
• Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President (2011) ISBN 978-0-385-52626-5
• Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill (2016) ISBN 978-0-804-19489-1
• River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile (2022) ISBN 978-0-385-54310-1