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Billie Letts (1938-2014) was an American novelist and educator from Tulsa, Oklahoma. She wrote four novels, including Where the Heart Is, and won the Walker Percy Award and the Oklahoma Book Award.
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,...
Aug 2, 2014 · Billie Letts was an American author of fiction and nonfiction books, such as Where the Heart Is and The Honk and Holler Opening Soon. She died in 2014 and is the mother of playwright Tracy Letts and jazz musician Shawn Letts.
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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. Sadly, Dennis Letts passed away in 2008.
Jan 1, 1995 · A novel about a pregnant teenager who is stranded at a Wal-Mart in Oklahoma and finds a new family and a new life. Read reviews, ratings, and book details of this bestselling fiction book by Billie Letts.
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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....
Aug 3, 2014 · 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.
