Candace O'Connor

Candace O'Connor (born January 27, 1950) is a St. Louis, Missouri-based freelance writer and editor.

Her recent book projects include a history of Northwest Community Hospital called 'Rooted in Community; Reaching New Heights' (2009); a history of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work called 'What We Believe'(2007); a history of Washington University in St. Louis titled 'Beginning a Great Work: Washington University, 1853-2003' (2004); a history of St. Louis Children's Hospital called Hope and Healing: St. Louis Children's Hospital, The First 125 Years' (2006); 'Meet Me in the Lobby, The Story of Harold Koplar & the Chase Park-Plaza'(2005); and 'A Song of Faith and Hope: The Life of Frankie Muse Freeman' (2003). In 2001, O'Connor won a regional Emmy Award for 'Oh Freedom After While: The Missouri Sharecropper Protest of 1939,' a documentary film shown on PBS nationally that she produced with Steven J. Ross. For more than two decades, her historical articles, profiles, medical articles, and other features have appeared in a variety of local and national publications.

O'Connor lives in St. Louis with her husband; they have two daughters, Kate Todrys and Mary Wiltenburg. She is the sister of Kyrie O'Connor.

External links

Candace O'Connor's website