Candace Simar

Candace Simar likes to imagine how things might have been in the early days of Minnesota. Her Spur-Award-winning ABERCROMBIE TRAIL SERIES tells the story of the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862, including the mass hangings at Mankato.

ESCAPE TO FORT ABERCROMBIE won the Will Rogers Gold Medallion. This coming of age story takes place during the Civil War and Great Sioux Uprising. Candace lives in Pequot Lakes and is a lifelong Minnesotan.