S.E. Hinton Author Bio

S.E. Hinton, or Susan Eloise Hinton, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 22, 1948. She attended school at Will Rogers High School where she wrote her first book, The Outsiders. S.E. enjoys reading and writing, the main reasons she began writing. Her narrator suggested that she take a different name, a male name, because he was afraid that her readers would be put off by reading macho stories by a female. She chose S.E. Hinton for herself.

S.E. Hinton has written many books, some of which are very well-known. These books include The Outsiders, Tex, That Was Then, This is Now, and Rumble Fish. S.E. Hinton usually writes young-adult novels. Her characters are usually strong male leads and very macho. The themes for her books usually revolve around social conditions and classes.

Hinton has received numerous honors and awards. She won the Margaret Alexander Edwards Award in 1998, an award that honors authors "whose books or books, over a period of time, have been accepted by young people as an authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions, giving insight into their lives." She has received the following awards for The Outsiders:

• New York Herald Tribune Best Teenage Books List, 1967
• Chicago Tribune Book World Spring Book Festival Honor Book, 1967

My prediction for the book? I feel like I'll like this book because it sounds different than most I've read and fairly interesting. There wasn't much that surprised me when I looked up S.E. Hinton besides how young she was when she published her book. 

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