S.E. Hinton

S.E Hinton bio

• Born on July 22 of 1950
• From Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Before all her other stories she was mostly writing about cowboys and gun fighting

S.E. Hinton

• The least favorite book that she published was Taming the Star Runner.
• S.E Hinton favorite book that she published happens to be The Outsiders.

Books published by her

• The Outsiders
• Rumble Fish
• Tex
• Some of Tim's stories
• Hawkes Harbor
• That was then, this is now
• Taming the star runner
• The puppy sister

How did she get the idea for the Outsiders

• S.E. Hinton got her idea based on her friend that came out from the movies and got jumped. Then she got so mad about what happen to him that she stared to write a story. S.E. Hinton then had a D in creative writing.

A few awards S.E.Hinton won

• School Library Journal 1975
• Massachusetts Children's Books 1978
• American Book Award Nomination 1982
• Media and Methods Maxi Award 1975
• New York Public Library for the teens 1980

S.E Hintons life now

• S.E. Hinton is married and has a child.
• When S.E. Hinton is not writing, she rides her horse.
• She also takes courses at the university.

Facts

• S.E Hinton chose the first letters of her first and middle name because she figured boys wouldn't read her books because shes a girl.
• S.E Hinton was reading at a very young age she didn't think of becoming a writer, she wanted to be a cattle rancher.

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