The novel “The Outsiders” was written by S. E. Hinton , whose full name is Susan Eloise Hinton.

Quick Scoop

  • S. E. Hinton started writing The Outsiders as a teenager in Tulsa, Oklahoma, beginning the story around age 15 and seeing it published in 1967 while she was still in her teens.
  • She used the pen name “S. E. Hinton” instead of her full first name “Susan” at her publisher’s suggestion, so readers would not prejudge the book because it was written by a young woman.
  • The book became one of the first modern young adult novels and remains a widely read coming-of-age story about class conflict between “greasers” and “Socs.”

In short: if you’re asking “who wrote The Outsiders?” — it’s S. E. Hinton, a pioneering young adult author who changed teen fiction while she was still in high school.

TL;DR: The Outsiders was written by S. E. Hinton (Susan Eloise Hinton), who began the book as a teenager and published it in 1967.

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