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Susan Eloise Hinton (born July 22, 1948) is an American writer best known for her young-adult novels (YA) set in Oklahoma, especially The Outsiders (1967), which she wrote during high school. Hinton is credited with introducing the YA genre.
S.E. Hinton, was and still is, one of the most popular and best known writers of young adult fiction. Her books have been taught in some schools, and banned from others. Her novels have changed the way people look at young adult literature. Learn More.
May 10, 2024 · S.E. Hinton is an American author known for writing about the difficult social system that teenagers create among themselves. Her fiction depicting that system struck a chord with readers, who saw in it many elements of the system that existed in their own schools and towns.
Biography. Susan Eloise Hinton was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She has always enjoyed reading but wasn't satisfied with the literature that was being written for young adults, which influenced her to write novels like The Outsiders. That book, her first novel, was published in 1967 by Viking.
Jan 31, 2023 · S.E. Hinton Is Tired of Talking About ‘The Outsiders.’ No One Else Is. The author reflects on her classic 1967 novel, its 1983 film adaptation and its legacy today
The Outsiders is an American young adult (YA) novel by S.E. Hinton about rival teen gangs in Oklahoma that was published in 1967 and was one of the first modern YA novels. The novel centers on Ponyboy Curtis, a 14-year-old boy who narrates about two weeks of his life in a city (presumed to be Tulsa) that is deeply divided between the working ...
Jan 26, 2024 · From the author’s inspiration to the impact on schools, here’s what you need to know about S.E. Hinton’s iconic coming-of-age novel ‘The Outsiders.’
Taming the Star Runner. Published 1941. Read a short biography of S. E. Hinton. Learn more about S. E. Hinton's life, times, and work.
Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers—until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc.
Mar 12, 2017 · S.E. Hinton, a teenager when she wrote “The Outsiders,” at the bungalow in Tulsa, Okla., that stood in for Ponyboy Curtis’s home in the 1983 film adaptation of the novel. Credit...
