# Elizabeth Letts

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**Elizabeth Letts** is an American [author](/source/Author).

## Biography

Elizabeth Letts was born on June 23, 1961, in Houston, Texas.[citation needed] She grew up in [Southern California](/source/Southern_California). As a teenager, she was a competitive equestrian three-day eventer. She attended [Northfield Mount Hermon School](/source/Northfield_Mount_Hermon_School) and [Yale College](/source/Yale_College) where she majored in History. She served in the [Peace Corps](/source/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.;,[1] *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;[2] *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](/source/John_Letts_(tennis)), is a retired professional [tennis](/source/Tennis) player.[citation needed]and her father, [J. Spencer Letts](/source/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](/source/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[3]

As Nora Carroll

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

## References

1. ["Best Sellers 2013"](https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2013-06-02/e-book-nonfiction/list.html). *The New York Times*. Retrieved November 25, 2015.

1. ["Best Sellers 2016"](https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2016/09/18/hardcover-nonfiction). *The New York Times*. Retrieved October 11, 2016.

1. *The Ride of Her Life,* Goodreads, [https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55333765](https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/55333765)

## External links

- [Official Elizabeth Letts Website](http://www.elizabethletts.com/)

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