Biographie de S. E. Hinton
S. E. Hinton's career as an author began while she was still a student at Will Rogers High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Disturbed by the clashes of the two gangs in her high school, the greasers and the Socs, Hinton wrote The Outsiders, an honest, sometimes shocking novel told from the point of view of a fourteen-year-old greaser named Ponyboy Curtis. The Outsiders was published during Hinton's freshman year at the University of Tulsa, and was an immediate sensation.
Today, with more than fourteen million copies in print, the book is the bestselling young adult novel of all time. The book was also made into a film in 1983, directed by Francis Ford Coppola and featuring budding young stars Tom Cruise, Matt Dillon, and Rob Lowe. The Outsiders brought with it publicity and fame. S. E. Hinton became known as "The Voice of the Youth." This overnight success also brought a lot of pressure, resulting in a three-year-long writer's block.
Her boyfriend (now husband) eventually helped break this block by suggesting she write two pages a day before going anywhere. This ultimately led to her second novel, That Was Then, This Is Now. Ms. Hinton went on to write several other novels, including Rumble Fish and Tex. In 1988 she was awarded the first annual Margaret A. Edwards Award, given in honor of "an author whose book or books, over a period of time, have been accepted by young adults as an authentic voice that continues to illuminate their experiences and emotions, giving insight into their lives." S.
E. Hinton still lives in Oklahoma with her husband and son, where she enjoys writing, riding horses, and taking courses at the university.
