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Billie Dean Letts (née Gipson; May 30, 1938 – August 2, 2014) was an American novelist and educator. She was a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University.
Aug 5, 2014 · Billie Letts, a late-blooming writer whose debut novel, “Where the Heart Is,” became a best seller after Oprah Winfrey endorsed it in 1998 and was the inspiration for a Hollywood film,...
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas. Billie Letts is a published author from America. She was born in Tulsa in Oklahoma. Billie did not always start out as a writer of fiction. Earlier in her career, she was a professor and taught at Southeastern OK State University. Later she was married to her husband.
Aug 2, 2014 · Billie Letts (born in Tulsa, Oklahoma) was an American author. Earlier she worked as a professor at Southeastern Oklahoma State University. She was married to Dennis Letts until his death in 2008, and is the mother of playwright and actor Tracy Letts and jazz musician and composer Shawn Letts.
Jan 1, 1995 · Billie Letts. Talk about unlucky sevens. An hour ago, seventeen-year-old, seven months pregnant Novalee Nation was heading for California with her boyfriend. Now she finds herself stranded at a Wal-Mart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma, with just $7.77 in change.
With her prizewinning #1 New York Times bestseller, Where the Heart Is, and her acclaimed second novel, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, Billie Letts joined the ranks of America's best-loved storytellers.
Aug 8, 2014 · Best-selling author Billie Letts, whose 1995 novel “Where the Heart Is” was selected by Oprah Winfrey for her book club and then adapted into a movie, has died in Oklahoma. She was 76....
TULSA, Oklahoma (AP) — Best-selling author Billie Letts has died at an Oklahoma hospital. Letts’ publicist, Arlene Johnson, says Letts died Saturday after a brief illness. Letts was 76. Letts’ novels include “Where the Heart Is,” which was turned into a movie starring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing and Joan Cusak.
Aug 5, 2014 · Billie Letts, the author of the bestselling novel Where the Heart Is, has died. She was 76, and according to her son Tracy Letts, she died of pneumonia.
Where the Heart Is is a 1995 novel by Billie Letts. It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in December 1998.
