The author of The Outsiders and many other novels is S. E. Hinton. She was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1950. Her first book, The Outsiders, was published in 1967 when she was only 17 when she wrote it. Hinton was not a member of a gang but she was friends with many greasers. She was also friends with many socs but she didn't consider her being apart of that group.
Hinton met her future husband in high school and they are married now. Hinton became depressed a lot and her husband got tired of it and had her write a new book. Every day he would have her go and write two pages of the new book, if she didn't complete two pages that day they wouldn't go out that night. Hinton finished her second book called That was Then, This is Now was published in 1971. Hinton also got a degree in education but didn't have enough stamina to be a teacher.
S. E. Hinton was wrote many novels and has won numerous awards. SHe was a very famous author and started really young at writing. Her books are really popular to young adults and giving them creativity to there minds.
Hinton met her future husband in high school and they are married now. Hinton became depressed a lot and her husband got tired of it and had her write a new book. Every day he would have her go and write two pages of the new book, if she didn't complete two pages that day they wouldn't go out that night. Hinton finished her second book called That was Then, This is Now was published in 1971. Hinton also got a degree in education but didn't have enough stamina to be a teacher.
S. E. Hinton was wrote many novels and has won numerous awards. SHe was a very famous author and started really young at writing. Her books are really popular to young adults and giving them creativity to there minds.