Book launch: Some of Tim's Stories, by S. E. Hinton

On Friday, March 30, I drove up to Tulsa, Oklahoma, for the book launch of Some of Tim's Stories by S. E. Hinton. Of all the books I've worked on here at OU Press, this is definitely the biggest. It's an excellent book by a writer you might know; she also wrote The Outsiders, which literally defined the genre of young adult fiction and is one of the best-selling YA books of all time. I can't believe I actually edited a book by S. E. Hinton! (Psst--if you read it and find a mistake, please don't tell me!)

Believe it or not, this was the first launch party I have attended for an OUP book, as most aren't launched in Oklahoma. I drove through what felt like a landbound hurricane to get to there, and I was so flustered by the time I arrived that it didn't occur to me to set the camera on "Indoor" to counteract the yellow-tinged lights. Oops! I tinkered with them a little to fix the coloring somewhat. As for the size, that's to respect the author's privacy.

The crowd at the Q and A session.


S. E. Hinton signing autographs.


Teresa Miller (right), director of the
Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers,
and the editor of the Oklahoma Storytellers
series, which includes Some of Tim's Stories.
On the left is a good friend of S. E. Hinton.