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Why did Susan Eloise Hinton decide to sign her books as S.E. Hinton?

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After the success of The Outsiders, Hinton chose to continue writing and publishing using her initials, because she did not want to lose what she hadmade famous, and to allow her to keepher private and public lives separate.

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