I may get a new car, it’s time for one anyway. SE Hinton: I am doing some book signings–which is not exactly celebrating, since is not my favorite thing to do, but as a thank you to my readers. Kelly Jensen: How are you celebrating the 50th anniversary of THE OUTSIDERS this year?
In honor of the growth of such a rich, playful, thoughtful, juicy, and expansive category of fiction over the last 50 years, it only made sense to chat with Hinton about her work, about the longevity of The Outsiders, and about how YA looks now. Hinton, a teen girl, began the category of YA fiction fifty years ago.Ī category that, while developed because of the work of a teen girl, wasn’t acknowledged as such for years - in part because Hinton’s name, SE, served the purpose of masking her gender identity so her work about teen boys may reach the largest audience possible.
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