S. E. Hinton
S. E. Hinton
Susan Eloise Hintonis an American writer best known for her young-adult novels set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders, which she wrote during high school. In 1988 she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her cumulative contribution in writing for teens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth22 July 1948
CountryUnited States of America
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What he gave us was a lot of rebounding and push at the basket. He has a very good quick step, which allows him to get to the basket, and that opened up a lot of things for the other guys, as well.
We're just going to go out there and see what happens.
I find it to be easier to write from a man's point of view.
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I always try to write the best I can.
felt group immersed peer taken teen
I just felt being part of my peer group so strongly. I was immersed in teen culture, but not taken in by it.
dating genders
When I was in high school, the genders were so separate from each other. If you weren't 'dating' somebody, you couldn't just be friends with somebody.
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I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
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I could write and help a lot of kids, or teach and help a few and go nuts.
I think that 'The Outsiders' was meant to be written, and I was just picked to write it.
closer everyman experience
The thing is, the Tulsa experience that I wrote about in 'The Outsiders' is closer to the universal experience than it would be if I wrote it from L.A. or New York. It's an everyman story.
exist
My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.
buy grocery people wandering
If people want to find me, they can. They'll see a middle-aged woman wandering around the grocery store, looking to see what to buy for dinner.
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When I was young, all the books were about a Mary Jane and the football player and the prom and ending up with the quiet guy and making your mom happy.
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The judge goes to the cage and will stretch the cat out, look at their head and test their muscle tone.