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
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.
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.
best
I always try to write the best I can.
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.
american-writer
I grew up here and my friends are here. There's nothing wrong with here.
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.
books ending guy jane mary mom player prom quiet
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.
call calling catcher coach four game good job last liked pitches understand
Over the last four games, I've let him call our pitches. He's done a good job of calling the games. You have to be able to understand the game to call pitches. I've always liked to have the catcher calling the pitches because a coach can only see so much.
coming games girls happy remember watch
All of the girls here remember coming down to watch those games and how big they were. Those games made you want to be a part of it. And I think all of us are happy that we've been here.
staying
Some are going, some are staying....i'm in between.
someday desperate violent
He died violent and young and desperate, just like we all knew he'd die someday.