S.E. Hinton
Susan Eloise Hinton (born
? in
Tulsa, Oklahoma) is a
United States author who wrote four young adult novels in the
1960s. Her best known books are
The Outsiders and
Rumble Fish, both adapted to film by
Francis Ford Coppola which established the careers of many
1980s film stars such as
Matt Dillon,
Diane Lane,
Emilio Estevez, and Mickey Rourke. These books deal with
juvenile delinquent and other high school subcultures in the 1960s. She also wrote
Tex and
That Was Then, This Is Now which were also made into films.
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