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