By: Paulanne Simmons April 19, 2024: S.E. Hinton began writing the coming-of-age novel, The Outsiders, when she was fifteen and finished it when she was a junior in high school. Viking Press published the novel when she was eighteen. Such precociousness is admirable. And the novel has certainly become a beloved classic.Â
SOURCE: theaterlife at 09:18AM on April 18, 2024