Susan Eloise was born in 1950. was a voracious reader and was unhappy with the kind of literature available to young people. "The Outsiders" was published in 1967. The publisher used her initials instead of her name, hoping that readers would assume the author was male.
"The Outsiders" was written by S. E. Hinton and originally published by Viking in 1967. Remarkably, Hinton began work on her novel at the very young age of 15 and subsequently finished it by age 16. "The Outsiders" would later become her most popular work and the book she is best known for.
The book "The Outsiders" was written in 1967 by a 17 year old young woman, S. E. Hinton. The book was later made in the movie that starred then up and coming actors such as Tom Cruise,, Patrick Swayze, and Matt Dillon.