Billie Letts

Billie Letts
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 Novelist, educator
Spouse(s)
Dennis Letts
(m. 1958; d. 2008)
Children 3, including Tracy Letts

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.

Early life

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][3]

Personal life

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).[4][5] Dennis Letts served as editor for his wife's novels.[1][6] He died of lung cancer in Tulsa on February 22, 2008, aged 73.[1][6]

Death

Billie Letts died in a Tulsa hospital from pneumonia on August 2, 2014, aged 76. She had recently been diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia.[7][8]

Novels

  • Where the Heart Is (1995)
  • The Honk and Holler Opening Soon (1998)
  • Shoot the Moon (2004)
  • Made in the U.S.A. (2008)

Awards and nominations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "TV and film actor Dennis Letts dies". Tulsa World. 2008-02-24. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  2. ↑ "Billie Jean Gipson Letts (1938–2014) – Find A Grave Memorial". findagrave.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Letts, Billie 1938–". highbeam.com. Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  4. ↑ Letts family information Archived April 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine., twbookmark.com; accessed August 13, 2014.
  5. ↑ Excerpt from Playbill Archived March 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.; accessed August 13, 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Dennis Letts, 73, a Professor Who Became Broadway Actor, Dies". New York Times. Associated Press. 2008-02-25. Retrieved 2008-03-08.
  7. ↑ Obituary for Billie Letts, nytimes.com, August 5, 2014; accessed August 13, 2014.
  8. ↑ Dee Duren. "Best-Selling Oklahoma Author Billie Letts Dies". NewsOn6.com. Retrieved 2014-08-05.
  9. ↑ "Billie Letts". www.fantasticfiction.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "Interview With Billie Letts".


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