Biography

Elizabeth Letts was born on June 23, 1961, in Houston, Texas. She grew up in Southern California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

. As a teenager, she was a competitive equestrian three-day eventer. She attended Northfield Mount Hermon School and Yale College

Yale College

Yale College was the official name of Yale University from 1718 to 1887. The name now refers to the undergraduate part of the university. Each undergraduate student is assigned to one of 12 residential colleges.-Residential colleges:...

 where she majored in History. She served in the Peace Corps

Peace Corps

The Peace Corps is an American volunteer program run by the United States Government, as well as a government agency of the same name. The mission of the Peace Corps includes three goals: providing technical assistance, helping people outside the United States to understand US culture, and helping...

 in Morocco.

She is the author of four books: Quality of Care, Family Planning, The Butter Man (as Elizabeth Alalou) and The Eighty-Dollar Champion: Snowman the Horse that Inspired a Nation, a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Boston Globe, and Publisher's Weekly bestseller.

Today she lives with her husband and four children in Baltimore, Maryland.

Awards

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 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

External links

• OfficialElizabeth Letts Website]