Elizabeth Letts

Elizabeth Letts is a historical fiction, narrative nonfiction and literary fiction author. She has always loved reading and right from the time she was seven years old, she knew that she wanted to become an author. As such, some of her earliest endeavors included honing her writing skills in preparation for her later career. Once she graduated from college, she went on to volunteer for the Peace Corps, where she taught English at a Moroccan high school. She then came back home to attend the Yale School of Nursing after which she started practicing as a certified nurse-midwife. She became interested in writing when one of her oldest friend told her that she had just written a fiction work. She was awakened from her reverie and knew she had to write soon as it had always been her dream. She was then 40 but thought if Baum could write “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” at roughly the same age why couldn’t she?