Susan Hinton
S.E. Hinton is an American author who wrote The Outsiders when she was sixteen, making her the first major YA author to write from inside teen experience rather than looking down at it. Her work defined gritty realism in YA.
Works
- The OutsidersRivalry between working-class and wealthy teenage gangs in 1960s Oklahoma
- That Was Then, This Is NowFormer gang member grapples with his friend's descent into violence
- Rumble FishMisfit teen finds belonging in a community of underdogs and rebels
- TexEstranged brothers reconnect against backdrop of rural poverty and family
- Taming the Star RunnerTeen cowboy finds healing through his passion for horses and art