S.E. Hinton

Susan Eloise Hinton born July 22 1948 is an American writer best known for her youngadult 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia