Candice Millard is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt’s Darkest Journey” and “Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President.” Her book “Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape and the Making of Winston Churchill” was Amazon’s No. 1 history book of 2016. She lives in Kansas City with her husband and three children. Millard’s latest work, “River of the Gods: Genius, Courage and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile,” is featured at the 2022 National Book Festival.