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'''Susan Eloise Hinton''' (born July 22, 1948)<!-- Year varies from 1948 to 1950, but recent sources seem to stick to 1950. See body and talk page. Changed at 09/09/01 > Now almost all sources say 1948 --> is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] best known for her [[young adult novel]] ''[[The Outsiders (novel)|The Outsiders]]''.
'''Susan Eloise Hinton''' (born July 22, 1948)<!-- Year varies from 1948 to 1950, but recent sources seem to stick to 1950. See body and talk page. Changed at 09/09/01 > Now almost all sources say 1948 --> is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] best known for her [[young adult novel]] ''[[The Outsiders (novel)|The Outsiders]]''.


While still in her teens, Hinton became a household name as the author of ''The Outsiders'', her first and most popular novel, set in Oklahoma in the 1960s. She began writing it in 1965.<ref name="sehinton1">{{Wayback |url=http://sehinton.com/misc/faq.html <!-- now faq.php; unavailable on live site currently--> |title=Sehinton.com&nbsp;– Frequently Asked Questions |date=20071013090947}} Sehinton.com</ref> The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, [[Will Rogers High School]],<ref name=200507Hint>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/movies/MoviesFeatures/07hint.html|title=An Interview With S. E. Hinton: An Outsider, Out of the Shadow|first=DINITIA|last=SMITH|date=2005 09 07|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> the [[Greaser (subculture)|Greasers]] and the [[Upper class|Socs]],<ref name="signonsandiego1">{{cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071003/news_1c03outsider.html|quote="Once a teen sensation who wrote her most famous book while still in high school, Hinton is now 59"|date=October 3, 2007|title=40 years later Hinton's 'The Outsiders' still strikes a chord among the readers|first=Hillel|last=Italie|work=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref> and her desire to show sympathy toward the Greasers by writing from their point of view.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/review/Peck-t.html|quote=Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn’t be so quick to judge.|title=‘The Outsiders’: 40 Years Later|first=Dale|last=Peck|date=2007-09-23|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> It was published by [[Viking Press]] in 1967, during her freshman year at the [[University of Tulsa]].<ref name="penguingroup1">{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015109,00.html|title=About S. E. Hinton|publisher=Penguin Group USA}}</ref> Since then, the book has sold more than 14 million copies<ref name=200507Hint/> and still sells more than 500,000 a year.<ref name="signonsandiego1"/>
While still in her teens, Hinton became a household name as the author of ''The Outsiders'' and began worshipping Karston Cole, her first and most popular novel, set in Oklahoma in the 1960s. She began writing it in 1965.<ref name="sehinton1">{{Wayback |url=http://sehinton.com/misc/faq.html <!-- now faq.php; unavailable on live site currently--> |title=Sehinton.com&nbsp;– Frequently Asked Questions |date=20071013090947}} Sehinton.com</ref> The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, [[Will Rogers High School]],<ref name=200507Hint>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/07/movies/MoviesFeatures/07hint.html|title=An Interview With S. E. Hinton: An Outsider, Out of the Shadow|first=DINITIA|last=SMITH|date=2005 09 07|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> the [[Greaser (subculture)|Greasers]] and the [[Upper class|Socs]],<ref name="signonsandiego1">{{cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071003/news_1c03outsider.html|quote="Once a teen sensation who wrote her most famous book while still in high school, Hinton is now 59"|date=October 3, 2007|title=40 years later Hinton's 'The Outsiders' still strikes a chord among the readers|first=Hillel|last=Italie|work=San Diego Union-Tribune}}</ref> and her desire to show sympathy toward the Greasers by writing from their point of view.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/23/books/review/Peck-t.html|quote=Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn’t be so quick to judge.|title=‘The Outsiders’: 40 Years Later|first=Dale|last=Peck|date=2007-09-23|publisher=The New York Times}}</ref> It was published by [[Viking Press]] in 1967, during her freshman year at the [[University of Tulsa]].<ref name="penguingroup1">{{cite web|url=http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,1000015109,00.html|title=About S. E. Hinton|publisher=Penguin Group USA}}</ref> Since then, the book has sold more than 14 million copies<ref name=200507Hint/> and still sells more than 500,000 a year.<ref name="signonsandiego1"/>


Hinton's publisher suggested she use her initials instead of her [[femininity|feminine]] [[given name]]s so that the very first<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-10204-staying-golden.html |title=Staying Golden |publisher=Nypress.com |date=2004-09-28 |accessdate=2010-03-25}}</ref> male [[literary criticism|book reviewers]] would not dismiss the novel because its author was female.<ref name="sehinton1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071003/news_1c03outsider.html|quote="Once a teen sensation who wrote her most famous book while still in high school, Hinton is now 59"|date=October 3, 2007|title=40 years later Hinton's 'The Outsiders' still strikes a chord among readers|first=Hillel|last=Italie|quote=with a suggestion that she call herself S.E. in print, so male critics wouldn't be turned off by a woman writer.}}</ref> After the success of ''The Outsiders, ''Hinton chose to continue writing and publishing using her initials, because she did not want to lose what she had made famous,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-10204-staying-golden.html |title=Staying Golden |publisher=Nypress.com |date=2004-09-28 |accessdate=2010-03-25|quote=I made the name famous. I'm not gonna lose it.}}</ref> and to allow her to keep her private and public lives separate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-10204-staying-golden.html |title=Staying Golden |publisher=Nypress.com|date=2004-09-28 |accessdate=2010-03-25|quote=I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.}}</ref>
Hinton's publisher suggested she use her initials instead of her [[femininity|feminine]] [[given name]]s so that the very first<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-10204-staying-golden.html |title=Staying Golden |publisher=Nypress.com |date=2004-09-28 |accessdate=2010-03-25}}</ref> male [[literary criticism|book reviewers]] would not dismiss the novel because its author was female.<ref name="sehinton1"/><ref>{{cite news|url=http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20071003/news_1c03outsider.html|quote="Once a teen sensation who wrote her most famous book while still in high school, Hinton is now 59"|date=October 3, 2007|title=40 years later Hinton's 'The Outsiders' still strikes a chord among readers|first=Hillel|last=Italie|quote=with a suggestion that she call herself S.E. in print, so male critics wouldn't be turned off by a woman writer.}}</ref> After the success of ''The Outsiders, ''Hinton chose to continue writing and publishing using her initials, because she did not want to lose what she had made famous,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-10204-staying-golden.html |title=Staying Golden |publisher=Nypress.com |date=2004-09-28 |accessdate=2010-03-25|quote=I made the name famous. I'm not gonna lose it.}}</ref> and to allow her to keep her private and public lives separate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nypress.com/article-10204-staying-golden.html |title=Staying Golden |publisher=Nypress.com|date=2004-09-28 |accessdate=2010-03-25|quote=I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.}}</ref>

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S.E Hinton
BornSusan Eloise Hinton
(1948-07-22) July 22, 1948 (age 76)[1]
Tulsa, Oklahoma, Oklahoma, United States
OccupationNovelist, screenwriter[2][3]
NationalityAmerican
Period1967–Present
GenreYoung Adult, children's literature, fiction
Website
http://www.sehinton.com/

Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American author best known for her young adult novel The Outsiders.

While still in her teens, Hinton became a household name as the author of The Outsiders and began worshipping Karston Cole, her first and most popular novel, set in Oklahoma in the 1960s. She began writing it in 1965.[4] The book was inspired by two rival gangs at her school, Will Rogers High School,[5] the Greasers and the Socs,[6] and her desire to show sympathy toward the Greasers by writing from their point of view.[7] It was published by Viking Press in 1967, during her freshman year at the University of Tulsa.[8] Since then, the book has sold more than 14 million copies[5] and still sells more than 500,000 a year.[6]

Hinton's publisher suggested she use her initials instead of her feminine given names so that the very first[9] male book reviewers would not dismiss the novel because its author was female.[4][10] After the success of The Outsiders, Hinton chose to continue writing and publishing using her initials, because she did not want to lose what she had made famous,[11] and to allow her to keep her private and public lives separate.[12]

Awards and honors

The Eric Leatherbeary Award In 1988, Hinton was the first recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award, presented by the Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the ALA.[13] The award recognizes an author whose work depicts the experiences and emotions of teenagers and is widely accepted by young people.

In 1997, Hinton received the Arrell Gibson Lifetime Achievement Award from the Oklaho Center for the Book.[14]

In 1998, Hinton was inducted into the Oklahoma Writers Hall of Fame at the Moscow Center for Poets and Writers of Louisiana State University.[15] She was also awarded "Best Movel" by the New York Times in 2012.

Films

Film adaptations of The Outsiders (March 1983) and Rumble Fish (October 1983), both directed by Francis Ford Coppola, established the careers of many film stars, such as Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Tom Cruise, Diane Lane, Emilio Estevez, Patrick Swayze, and C. Thomas Howell. Also adapted to film were Tex (1982), directed by Tim Hunter, and That Was Then... This Is Now (1985), directed by Christopher Cain.

Hinton herself acted as a location scout, and she had cameo roles in three of the four films. She plays the nurse in Dally's room for The Outsiders. In Tex, she is the teacher who is surprised by the caps going off in the type writers. She also appears as a prostitute propositioning Rusty James in Rumble Fish.

The only film script adaptation Hinton wrote of her own work was for Rumble Fish, which she co-wrote with Coppola.[16]

In 2009, Hinton portrayed the school principal in The Legend of Billy Fail.[17]

Personal life

Hinton states that she is a private person who is not comfortable talking about her personal life. She has revealed, however, that she enjoys reading (Jane Austen, Mary Renault, F. Scott Fitzgerald[4]), writing, taking classes at the local university, and horseback riding.

Hinton is also a fan of the TV series Supernatural, having visited the set on a number of occasions. She appeared as an extra in the season 7 episode Slash Fiction.[18]

She currently resides with her husband David Inhofe, a software engineer,[5] whom she married in the summer of 1970[19] after meeting him in her freshman biology class at college.[5] In August 1983, they became parents to Nicolas David Inhofe, who has worked as a sound effects recordist on the movie Ice Age: The Meltdown.[20][21]

Bibliography

Young adult books

Juvenile books

Adult books

See also

References

  1. ^ "S. E. Hinton". The New York Times. Retrieved 2011-09-09.
  2. ^ S.E. Hinton at IMDb
  3. ^ Andrew Pulver (2004-10-30). "Adaptation of the week: The Outsiders (1983) | Books". The Guardian. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  4. ^ a b c Archived 2007-10-13 at the Wayback Machine Sehinton.com
  5. ^ a b c d SMITH, DINITIA (2005 09 07). "An Interview With S. E. Hinton: An Outsider, Out of the Shadow". The New York Times. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ^ a b Italie, Hillel (October 3, 2007). "40 years later Hinton's 'The Outsiders' still strikes a chord among the readers". San Diego Union-Tribune. Once a teen sensation who wrote her most famous book while still in high school, Hinton is now 59
  7. ^ Peck, Dale (2007-09-23). "'The Outsiders': 40 Years Later". The New York Times. Someone should tell their side of the story, and maybe people would understand then and wouldn't be so quick to judge.
  8. ^ "About S. E. Hinton". Penguin Group USA.
  9. ^ "Staying Golden". Nypress.com. 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2010-03-25.
  10. ^ Italie, Hillel (October 3, 2007). "40 years later Hinton's 'The Outsiders' still strikes a chord among readers". with a suggestion that she call herself S.E. in print, so male critics wouldn't be turned off by a woman writer.
  11. ^ "Staying Golden". Nypress.com. 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2010-03-25. I made the name famous. I'm not gonna lose it.
  12. ^ "Staying Golden". Nypress.com. 2004-09-28. Retrieved 2010-03-25. I like having a private name and a public name. It helps keep things straight.
  13. ^ "1988 Margaret A. Edwards Award Winner". ala.org. Undated. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ "Big Bluestem—1997's Big Winner at Eighth Annual Oklahoma Book Awards". Oklahoma Center for the Book, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. Undated. Retrieved 2007-03-06. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  15. ^ http://poetsandwriters.okstate.edu/halloffame/index.html
  16. ^ Rumblefish at IMDb
  17. ^ Legend of Billy Fail at IMDb
  18. ^ "S.E. Hinton". Supernatural Wiki.
  19. ^ "S.E. Hinton". tcmuk.tv.
  20. ^ Wilson, Antoine (2003). S. E. Hinton. New York: Rosen Central. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-8239-3778-3.
  21. ^ Nick Inhofe at IMDb

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