Ponyboy. Greasers vs. Socs. For millions of fans around the world, these few words will instantly call up the world of The Outsiders, S. E. Hinton's classic novel about teen gangs and the troubled process of fitting in. Since publication of this first...

S. E. Hinton's young adult novels are among the best-selling books of all time and continue to be popular with adolescent readers a generation after she wrote them. Her books, especially The Outsiders (1967), continue to be assigned reading in...

"I was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma [in 1950], where I have lived most of my life. There is nothing to do there, but it is a pleasant place to live if you don't want to do anything.... "I started reading about the same time everyone else did, and began to...

Often considered the most successful novelist for the junior high and high school audience, S. E. Hinton (born 1950) is credited with creating the genre of realistic young adult literature with the publication of her first book, The Outsiders (1967),...