Who Is The Author Of The Outsiders

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Who is the author of The Outsiders? S.E. Hinton
What does S. E. stand for? Why does the author use the pseudonym S.E. instead of her full name? (If you are unsure what pseudonym means, look it up.) publishers didn’t believe that a female writer could write a macho story
In what year was The Outsiders published? 1967
How many copies of her first novel have been sold? Over 10 million
S.E. Hinton was the first to win a certain award. What award was it and what is the award for? YASD/SLJ Author Achievement Award, it was for that was then this is now

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