SE Hinton is truly Susan Eloise Hinton. It was suggested that she use her initials SE, because in her time it was almost impossible for a woman to write such remarkable books. His books spoke of the difficulties experienced in the 1960s and 1970s. “Sixteen years on the streets and you can learn a lot. But all the bad things, not the ones you want to learn. Sixteen years on the street and we see a lot of them. But all bad views, not the things you want to see. Hinton's writings were greatly influenced by childhood friends living on the streets of Tulsa, Oklahoma (Cliff Notes). Hinton was born in 1950 in Tulsa. Her first book, The Outsiders, was written when she was fifteen. It was later published when she was just seventeen. This was published while she was still in high school. Although The Outsiders was about gang violence, she was not a member of any gang. In 1970, Susan graduated from the University of Tulsa where she received her degree in education. However, she learned that she could not handle the pressure of being a teacher. She would teach all day and then worry about the children all night. While she was still a freshman in college, she met her husband David. Because Susan no longer wanted to become a teacher, David helped her begin writing her second book by encouraging her to write two pages each day. If she didn't do this challenge every day, David would refuse to go out with her that night (Cliff Notes). Nick Hinton was their only child together (Cliff Notes). The Outsiders, That Was Then This Is Now, Rumble Fish, Tex, and Taming the Star Runner were all young adult books that Hinton wrote and published. She has won several awards for her novels. She won 3 for That Was Then This Is Now, 7 for Tex,...... middle of paper ......e does not discuss what she writes, while she writes it. She is afraid that if she talks about it, it will exhaust her idea. She says: “If you want to become a writer, I have two pieces of advice. The first is to be a reader. I think this is one of the most important parts of learning to write. The other piece of advice is: do it! Don’t think about it, don’t worry, sit down and write.” SE Hinton's inspiration for writing began in elementary school. Elementary school inspired his love for reading. She believes that sometimes reading and writing were the only things that kept her going, because you love it, Works CitedCliff Notes. (nd). www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/.../the.../se-hinton-biography.html. Excerpted from Cliff Notes, February 26, 2014. http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/catalog/author.pperl?authorid=13074&view=sml_sptlght