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Billie Letts
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Billie Letts is the author of numerous highly acclaimed short stories and screenplays. Her first novel, Where The Heart Is, was an Oprah Book Club urval, sold more than three million copies, and became a major motion picture. Her second novel, The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, was named the first Oklahoma Reads Oklahoma selection. A former University professor, Billie Letts lives in Tulsa with her husband, Dennis.
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Series
Books:
Shoot the Moon, August 2008Mass Market Paperback (reprint)
Made in the U.S.A., June 2008
Hardcover
The Honk and Holler Opening Soon, May 1999
Paperback
Where the Heart Is, June 1998
Paperback (reprint)
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Letts, Billie 1938–
PERSONAL: Born May 30, 1938, in Tulsa, OK; daughter of Bill and Virginia (a secretary; maiden name, Barnes) Gipson; married Dennis Letts (a professor of English); children: Shawn, Tracy (son). Education: Attended Northeastern State College (now Northeastern Oklahoma State University), 1956–58; Southeast Missouri State College (now University), B.A., 1969; Southeastern Oklahoma State University, M.A., 1974.
ADDRESSES: Home—Durant, OK. Agent—Elaine Markson, Elaine Markson Literary Agency, Inc., 44 Greenwich Ave., New York, NY 10011.
CAREER: Has worked variously as a waitress, window washer, dance instructor, dishwasher roller-skating car hop, secretary to a private detective, an English teacher in Cairo and Paxton, IL, a journalism teacher at Southeastern Oklahoma State, an elementary school teacher in Durant and Fillmore, OK, and as a teacher of English as a second language.
MEMBER: Writers Guild of America, Authors Guild, Oklahoma Federation of W
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Billie Letts
American novelist and educator
Billie Letts | |
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| Born | Billie Dean Gipson (1938-05-30)May 30, 1938 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Died | August 2, 2014(2014-08-02) (aged 76) Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Novelist, educator |
| Spouse | Dennis Letts (m. 1958; died 2008) |
| Children | 3; including Tracy |
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.
Biography
[edit]Letts was born as Billie Dean Gipson[1] in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of Virginia M. (née Barnes), a secretary, and William C. Gipson.[2]
She married Dennis Letts, a professor and actor, in 1958.[1] The couple had three children: Dana, Tracy (a playwright), and Shawn (a jazz musician/composer).[3][4] Dennis Letts served as editor for his wife's nov