She became noticed as the best writer for the youth and after the novel "The Outsiders", she began to publish more books which got her more famous to the young.
Susan Eloise Hinton is a well-known writer of young adult fiction. She was born on the July 22, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is still alive today. Presently she lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma with her husband David Inhofe.
The action of The Outsiders takes place in Tulsa, Oklahoma in the 1960s. Ponyboy explains that the greasers rule the poorer East Side of town, while the Socs run the wealthier West Side of town.
