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dagz1995
dagz1995
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High School - 9th Grade

I would like to know when S. E. Hinton died?

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Posted by dagz1995 on Thursday June 18, 2009 at 7:35 PM and tagged with authors, biography, characters, s.e. hinton, the outsiders.

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  1. ladyvols1 Teacher
    High School - 9th Grade

    S. E. Hinton is alive, and as far as I know, she is still writing.  Her name is Susan, but she used S. E.  Hinton on her books because her publisher believed she would have a difficult time selling her books if readers thought she was female.  She was born in 1950, in Tulsa, OK,  so that would make her 59 years old.  She has written several novels beside "The Outsiders."  She has also written: "Rumble Fish," "That Was Then This is Now," "Tex," and "Taming The Star Runner," "Hawks Harbor," "Tim's Stories," "Big David, Little David," and "The Puppy Sister."

    She has her own website which I have linked below as well as other biographical links.  Not only has she written these novels, but she has also been a consultant on the films which were made based on her novels, been a wife, and a mother of one son, Nick.

    Hinton wrote these stories because as a young teen she was frustrated with the type of stories available to teens.  She was only 17 when "The Outsiders" was published.

    Sources:
    http://www.enotes.com/authors/s-e-hinton
    http://www.enotes.com/outsiders/author-biography
    http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html

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    Posted by ladyvols1 on Thursday June 18, 2009 at 7:54 PM


  2. epollock Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

    dagz1995,

    S. E. Hinton, Susan Eloise Hinton, was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1950. S.E. Hinton is also alive and well, currently living in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband David. Her son Nick is at college.

    According to her official website, http://www.sehinton.com, she says that she is an extremely private person but lists her hobbies and things that have inspired her to write.

    She is the author of the follwoing works:

    • The Outsiders (1967, novel)
    • That Was Then, This Is Now (1971, novel)
    • Rumble Fish(1975, novel)
    • Tex (1979, novel)
    • Taming the Star Runner (1988, novel)
    • Hawkes Harbor (2004, novel)
    • Hawkes Harbor (2004, novel)
    • Some of Tim's Stories (2006, short stories)

     

    Sources:
    http://www.sehinton.com/bio.html

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    Posted by epollock on Thursday June 18, 2009 at 8:46 PM