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    • Source: Elizabeth Letts

      • Elizabeth Letts is an American author.


      Biography


      Elizabeth Letts was born on June 23, 1961, in Houston, Texas. She grew up in Southern California. As a teenager, she was a competitive equestrian three-day eventer. She attended Northfield Mount Hermon School and Yale College where she majored in History. She served in the Peace Corps in Morocco.
      She is the author of multiple books, including Quality of Care; Family Planning; The Butter Man; The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman the Horse that Inspired a Nation, a #1 New York Times bestseller.;, The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis, which reached #5 on the New York Times bestseller list; Finding Dorothy; and The Ride of Her Life. Elizabeth Letts also writes women's fiction under the pen name Nora Carroll.
      Her younger brother, John, is a retired professional tennis player.and her father, J. Spencer Letts was a Federal District Court Judge.


      Awards


      "The Perfect Horse"

      PEN USA Literary Award 2017 for Research Non-Fiction
      Best Books of 2016- Amazon Editors
      The Eighty-Dollar Champion

      Daniel P Lenehan Award for Overall Media Excellence from the United States Equestrian Foundation.
      Goodreads Reader's Choice Finalist: Best History and Biography
      The Butter Man

      Bank Street College's The Best Children's Books of the Year
      CCBC Choices Recommended Book
      Charlotte Zolotow Highly Commended
      Children's Africana Honor Book
      Junior Library Guild Selection
      Middle East Book Award
      NCSS/CBC Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People
      Peace Corps Writers Award
      Storytelling World Award Honor Book for Young Listeners


      Works


      Family Planning (NAL/Penguin)
      Quality of Care (NAL/Penguin)
      The Butter Man (Charlesbridge)
      The Eighty Dollar Champion: Snowman, the Horse That Inspired a Nation (Random House, Ballantine Books), 2011
      The Perfect Horse: The Daring U.S. Mission to Rescue the Priceless Stallions Kidnapped by the Nazis. (Random House, Ballantine Books) August 23, 2016
      Finding Dorothy (Random House, Ballantine Books), February 12, 2019
      The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America (Random House, Ballantine Books), June 1, 2021
      As Nora Carroll

      "The Color of Water in July (Lake Union Publishing, 2015)
      "Academy Girls" (Lake Union Publishing, 2015)


      References




      External links


      Official Elizabeth Letts Website

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