1950-Present By: Mackenzie Wojno. AGE: 62 RESIDENCE: She currently lives in Tulsa,OK with her...

S.E. HINTON

1950-Present

By: Mackenzie Wojno

INFORMATIONAGE: 62

RESIDENCE: She currently lives in Tulsa,OK with her husband, her son is at collage.

TARGETED AUDIENCE: teens and preteens

GENRE: realistic fiction

THREE REVEIWS: “[A] classic coming-of-age book.”-Philadelphia Dailey News

“Taut with tension, filled with drama.” –Chicago Tribune

“What it’s like to live lonely and unwanted and cornered by circumstance …. There is rawness and violence here, but honest hope, too.”

-National Observer

AWARDS Mae Award Media and Methods Maxi Award Massachusetts Children’s Book Award Land of the Enchantment Award Sue Hefly Award

American Book Award Parent’s Choice Sliver Honor book

THREE INTERESTING FACTS

One of her hobbies is riding her horse. Her father had cancer when she was in

high school. Her first book was The Outsiders.

BOOK LIST The Outsiders Rumble Fish That Was then, This is Now Tex Taming The Star Runner Hawks Harbor Tim’s Stories Big David, Little David The Puppy Sister

FUTURE PLANSNo one has heard of future plans, but I

hope she still pursues her dream of writing.

FAMOUS QUOTE“Anything you read can influence your

work, so I try to read good stuff. “-S.E. Hinton

QUESTION

When did you start writing?

WHY DID I CHOOSE S.E. HINTON?

I chose her because I really enjoyed her book The Outsiders. It was the best

book I had read in a long time.

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