S.E. Hinton Timeline By MockingJay_17 Jul 22, 1948 She was born. Apr 24, 1967 S.E writes The Outsiders S.E. Hinton writes her first book, The Outsiders, at 17. Period: Apr 24, 1967 to Apr 1, 1971 Had writers block and depression until she got married. Jun 2, 1970 S.E. Hinton got married. She married David. Apr 1, 1971 Wrote That Was Then, This Is Now S.E. Hinton wrote Wrote That Was Then, This Is Now. Oct 3, 1975 Published Rumble Fish. Oct 3, 1979 Published Tex. Aug 2, 1983 Had a son named Nicholas. Oct 3, 1983 The Outsiders movie was released. Oct 3, 1988 Published Taming the Star Runner Oct 3, 1995 Wrote The Puppy Sister and Big David, Little David. Oct 3, 2004 Hawkes Harbor was published.