The following is a brief biography of Susan Eloise Hinton, better known by her gender-ambiguous initials, S.E. Hinton, as well as a short question and answer session with the author?
S.E. Hinton Bio, Q&A
DBQs:
According to editors, The Outsiders was too "macho" to be written by a woman as far as book sales were concerned. What do you think this says about American society in the 1960s?
“I don't mind having two identities; in fact, I like keeping the writer part separate in some ways. And since my alter ego is clearly a 15-year-old boy, having an authorial self that doesn't suggest a gender is just fine with me.” - S.E. Hinton
Do you agree or disagree that Hinton's authorial self is gender-neutral?
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