Writing

S.E. Hinton

Born July 22, 1948 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. (age 78)

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 cumulati…

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The Outsiders

The Outsiders · 1983

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.

Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish · 1983

MovieCrimeDrama

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.

That Was Then... This Is Now

That Was Then... This Is Now · 1985

That Was Then... This Is Now

A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police.

Tex

After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.

The Outsiders: A New Musical

The Outsiders: A New Musical

The Outsiders: A New Musical

The Outsiders: A New Musical Broadway shooting

Supernatural

Supernatural · 2005

SeriesDramaMystery

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

The Outsiders

The Outsiders · 1990

The story of the Curtis brothers, a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma, struggling to make it as a family. A follow-up to the novel and film of the same name.

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The Outsiders

The Outsiders · 1983

MovieCrimeDrama

In 1960s Tulsa, class divisions ignite a violent rivalry between the working-class Greasers and the privileged Socs. When a deadly encounter forces two Greasers, Ponyboy and Johnny, to flee, their struggle for survival and redemption exposes the fragile innocence and enduring bonds of youth on the wrong side of town.

Novel

Rumble Fish

Rumble Fish · 1983

MovieCrimeDrama

Absent-minded street thug Rusty James struggles to live up to his legendary older brother's reputation, and longs for the days of gang warfare.

Novel

That Was Then... This Is Now

That Was Then... This Is Now · 1985

That Was Then... This Is Now

A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police.

Novel

Tex

After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own.

Novel

The Outsiders: A New Musical

The Outsiders: A New Musical

The Outsiders: A New Musical

The Outsiders: A New Musical Broadway shooting

Original Story

Supernatural

Supernatural · 2005

SeriesDramaMystery

When they were boys, Sam and Dean Winchester lost their mother to a mysterious and demonic supernatural force. Subsequently, their father raised them to be soldiers. He taught them about the paranormal evil that lives in the dark corners and on the back roads of America ... and he taught them how to kill it. Now, the Winchester brothers crisscross the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, battling every kind of supernatural threat they encounter along the way.

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The Outsiders

The Outsiders · 1990

The story of the Curtis brothers, a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma, struggling to make it as a family. A follow-up to the novel and film of the same name.

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