Elizabeth Letts

Elizabeth Letts is a bestselling and award-winning author known for her work in historical fiction, narrative nonfiction, and literary fiction. From a young age, Letts had a love for reading and knew she wanted to become an author. After college, she pursued this dream by volunteering for the Peace Corps, teaching English at a Moroccan high school, and later attending the Yale School of Nursing to become a certified nurse-midwife. It was only when a friend told Letts about her own fiction work that Letts was inspired to start writing, realizing that she too could fulfill her lifelong dream.

Letts is the author of several successful works, including the novels "Quality of Care" and "Family Planning," as well as the children's book "The Butter Man." She has also found success in narrative nonfiction, with her book "The Eighty-Dollar Champion" being a #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the 2012 Daniel P Lenehan Award for Media Excellence from the United States Equestrian Foundation. Her book "The Perfect Horse" was the winner of the 2017 PEN USA Award for Research Non-fiction and a #1 Wall Street Journal bestseller. Letts's writing is informed by her passions, which include horses, animals, women and children's issues, singing in a choir, and long road trips through the backroads of America. She currently resides in Southern California and Northern Michigan.