About

Known credits:
10
Birthday:
1948-07-22
Place of birth:
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
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S.E. Hinton

Overview

Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school. Hinton is credited with introducing the YA genre. She graduated from the University of Tulsa.

In 1988, she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her cumulative contribution in writing for teens.

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Known for

Acting
2008 One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur Actor Self 58
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1983 Rumble Fish Actor Hooker on Strip 65
Fair
1983 The Outsiders Actor Nurse 68
Fair
1982 Tex Actor Mrs. Barnes 58
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Writing
2005 The Outsiders Writing Novel 58
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1985 That Was Then... This Is Now Writing Novel 58
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1983 Rumble Fish Writing Novel 65
Fair
1983 Rumble Fish Writing Screenplay 65
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1983 The Outsiders Writing Novel 68
Fair
1982 Tex Writing Novel 58
Average