Hinton began writing the book during her sophomore year. Because the main character was male, her editors urged her to conceal her own gender by using her initials instead of her full name. The novel deals with rivalry between students of different social classes, poverty, alcoholism, drug abuse, and teenage angst. A tomboy, Hinton wrote the book because the teen books then available were too wholesome and sweet for her tastes. Her first book, The Outsiders, was published when she was seventeen. Susan Eloise Hinton was born in 1950 (some sources say 1948) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. In 1988, Hinton was awarded the Margaret A. The book was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults in 1975, was listed as one of the Best Books of the Year by School Library Journal in 1975, and won a Land of Enchantment Book Award from the New Mexico Library Association in 1982. Hinton's style has been widely imitated by other writers since her debut in 1967. Like Hinton's other books, this novel helped to shape the young adult genre, moving it toward realism and away from the wholesome, overly nice story lines that had prevailed before Hinton began writing her gritty tales. In contrast, in Rumble Fish Rusty-James is a victim of circumstance in a story that does not provide much hope for his future. However, it's different from the two previous books because they both featured teenagers who were more intelligent and sensitive than their peers and who were wiser by the end of the book. Hinton's third novel, Rumble Fish (1975), is similar to her first two novels, The Outsiders and That Was Then, This Is Now, in that it stars a troubled teenager from a precarious background and is told from a young man's point of view.
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