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. She graduated from the University of Tulsa. In 1988, she received the inaugural Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association for her cumulative contribution in writing for teens. Description above from the Wikipedia article S. E. Hinton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
S.E. Hinton has 12 screen credits in a career dating back to 1982. Signature works include The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, That Was Then... This Is Now. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
