Book WeekA celebration of children's literature

Candace Fleming is the author of more than thirty children’s books, including picture books, middle grade novels, and biographies. A few of her most well known works are: The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart and most recently, The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion and the Fall of Imperial Russia which garnered six starred reviews.

Along with being the recipient of the Children’s Book Guild of Washington D.C.’s Nonfiction Award given for her " high quality nonfictions books for children of different ages " she has received the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and is a two-time recipient of both the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and the Society of Book Writers and Illustrators Golden Kite Award for Nonfiction.

Among her other honors are the Orbis Pictus Award, the ALA Sibert Honor, and the YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults Award.

Candace lives in Oak Park, Illinois with one dog, two cats and her partner and sometimes-collaborator, Caldecott medalist Eric Rohmann.