PRESENTATION OUTLINE
10 THINGS YOU DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Her son has worked as a sound effect recordist in the Ice Age movie
She started writing the Outsiders when she was 15 and finished when she was 18
The reason she uses her initials as the authors name is because she thought boys wouldn't read her book if it was written by a woman
She was going to be a teacher but was too emotional for the job
Her father died of cancer when she was 17
Her boyfriend, at the time, wouldn't take her out on a date until she had written 2 pages of her new story
Her real name is Susan Eloise Hinton and she lives in Tulsa, Oaklahoma
Four out of her five books have been made movies
The Outsiders has been on the banned books list before
She has received multiple awards such as the ALMAE award