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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 ...
Writer: Where the Heart Is. Billie Letts was born on 30 May 1938 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. Billie was a writer, known for Where the Heart Is (2000) and Veritas, Prince of Truth (2006). Billie was married to Dennis Letts. Billie died on 2 August 2014 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA.
- Writer
- May 30, 1938
- Billie Letts
- August 2, 2014
Billie Letts continues to be the mother of two grown children. She first became a published author herself in 1995. This is when Where the Heart Is came out. It was made into a 2000 movie starring Natalie Portman and Ashley Judd. Letts’s second novel came out three years later.
Novalee Nation (Natalie Portman), a pregnant teen, goes on the road with her dreamer boyfriend, Willie Jack Pickens (Dylan Bruno), who abandons her in a Walmart in Sequoyah, Oklahoma. Left alone with virtually no money, she hides out in the store for six weeks until her baby, Americus (Mackenzie Fitzgerald), is born.
Lowest Rated: 35% Where the Heart Is (2000) Birthday: May 30, 1938. Birthplace: Durant, Oklahoma, USA. Billie Letts was an American novelist who was best known for her successful 1995 novel...
- May 30, 1938
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, died on...
Jan 1, 2001 · Billie Letts. 4.03. 248,851 ratings4,250 reviews. 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.
