When was susan eloise hinton born

The pressure was too high. Therefore she suffered from a three-year writer's block. Finally, her boyfriend at the time, who later became her husband, broke her writer's block by telling her that she had to write two pages before she could go out.

She finished it in and was married a few months later. Hinton now lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband, dogs, and horses. She started writing the book when she was fifteen years old and had it published when she was eighteen.

The book is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma during the early 's. It follows the life of Ponyboy as he maneuvers through life living on the poorer side of the city. She wanted something more realistic; a story about what it is really like in the teenage. So taking inspiration from real life and events that had happened in her life she created a story of two gangs and their rivalry.

It received some critique in the beginning for showing a rebellious youth but then it became one of the most renowned novels of the time. It sold over 4 million copies in the US. Hinton was not a member of a gang when she wrote The Outsiders , but she was a friend to many greasers. She has stated that her biggest compliment was that her greaser friends liked the book.

Although she also had friends who were Socs, she definitely did not consider herself a part of that group. Her mother's reaction to the novel was shock; she said, "Susie, where did you pick up all of this? The success of The Outsiders enabled Hinton to attend the University of Tulsa where she earned a degree in education in However, during her student teaching, she decided that she did not have the physical stamina to be a teacher.

She found herself teaching all day and then worrying about the kids all night. Hinton did meet her future husband, David Inhofe, in a freshman biology class, and it was due to him that she finished her second book, That Was Then, This is Now.

Hinton was suffering from writer's block, and he forced her to write two pages a day. If she failed to produce two pages during the day, they wouldn't go out that night. It is about two year-old friends, Mark and Byron, who are like brothers.

However, they find their lives pulling apart due to involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs.