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 five books: 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.; and 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. 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"
The Eighty-Dollar Champion
The Butter Man
As Nora Carroll