Mar 2021 Book Program

About the Author

ELIZABETH LETTS is the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for both nonfiction and historical fiction. She majored in history at Yale. After graduation, Elizabeth taught English in a Moroccan high school as a Peace Corps volunteer, then attended the Yale School of Nursing and became a certified nurse-midwife. Into her forties, she revisited her childhood aspiration to write a book someday. Elizabeth happened upon the story at the heart of her first nonfiction book, The Eighty-Dollar Champion (2011), when she came across a memorable image of the award-winning show horse Snowman, saved from a slaughterhouse. An avid equestrian herself, she is no stranger to the world of horses. The deep and detailed research involved in writing nonfiction is a key skill set. Elizabeth is a master at discovering and researching a rich historical record and transforming it into a page turner. As a fiction writer, she is a magic maker. Elizabeth lives in Southern California and Northern…