The Associated Press
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Best-selling author Billie Letts has died at an Oklahoma hospital.
Letts' publicist, Arlene Johnson, says Letts died Saturday after a brief illness. Letts was 76.
Letts' novels include "Where the Heart Is," which was turned into a movie starring Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Stockard Channing and Joan Cusak. Letts also taught English and creative writing at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant.
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