Most would say writing a notable novel at the age of seventeen is impossible; S.E Hinton proved them all wrong by writing her first book, The Outsiders. S.E Hinton is known for creating realistic young adult literature, that is based on real life events. From the start of high school, S.E Hinton knew she was different, and she proved this when writing her first books. As she got older, writing became harder, although she managed to come up with many outstanding pieces of work that contributed to changing young adult literature. S.E Hinton was very young when she was writing her first and most notable novel; The Outsiders. Her young age is a surprise for most, but how she came up with the idea of the book is a whole different story. S.E …show more content…
The books she read always bored her, she found them to be monotonous and redundant; she wanted something that she could relate to (Hinton). This distinguishes that S.E Hinton was bored with reading the same story over and over. She wanted to change the way books were created. She wanted something that she and other teens would be able to relate to. This is relevant to her coming up with The Outsiders because without her being bored of her books she would’ve never wanted to create something real. Thus, readers wouldn’t have the kind of young adult literature they have today. In addition to the ideas that went behind the book, there are other elements that went into it such as the characters. Many wonder since she used real life events in her book, if she or anyone in her life …show more content…
As she aged she began to write more teen novels and started writing children's books. She also won numerous awards, due to her amazing books. S.E Hinton's second book was called That Was Then, This Is Now. The book was about two foster brothers drifting apart; this book was also based on events teens could relate to. Many readers argue that this was one of her best books because she took the time to make every sentence count (S.E Hinton). This makes apparent that she was serious about changing young adult literature for teens everywhere and she took the time to make the book show it. This is key because now the readers are getting what they want and what she wants; which is a book that everyone can relate to and want to read. Additionally, with these new books she won a plethora of different awards. One award that she is very proud of is the “Margaret A. Edwards Award”, this award is given out to authors who help contribute to that change of young adult literature. S.E Hinton was the first author to ever receive this award in 1988 (ALA). This epitomizes that she was an amazing author who wrote teen literature when no one else stepped up. This is notable because without authors like S.E Hinton, readers would not be reading anything like we have today. S.E Hinton noticed a flaw in our literature and fixed it inspiring young writers all over. Although, S.E Hinton had troubles