1. + S.E. Hinton

2. + S.E. Hinton Interview Why do you use your initials instead of your full name? My publisher was afraid that the reviewers would assume a girl couldn’t write a book like The Outsiders. That’s right! Not only was she 15 when she wrote The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton was a girl! From: S. E. Hinton. “The Outsiders.” iBooks. https://itun.es/us/hFXqF.lhttps://itun.es/us/hFXqF.l

3. + Final Questions Does this change the way you think of the novel? This book was published in 1967 when women were still struggling for equal rights with men. Do you think readers would have a different opinion of the book if she had used her real name? How does the author's situation reflect the situation of her characters, whom she called the "Outsiders"?