Dorothy Straight

Dorothy Straight
Born
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight

(1958-05-25) May 25, 1958 (age 66)
NationalityAmerican
Known forYoungest author
WorksHow the World Began
Parent(s)Michael Whitney Straight
Belinda Booth Crompton
RelativesWillard D. Straight (grandfather)
Dorothy Payne Whitney (grandmother)

Dorothy Elmhirst Straight[1] (born May 25, 1958, in Washington, D.C.) is an American author who wrote How the World Began in 1962 at the age of 4[2] for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney,[3] making her among the youngest published authors in history.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference BCSObit2015 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "10 Youngest Child Authors in History". mom.me. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Straight, Dorothy". WorldCat Identities. Archived from the original on 7 March 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2010.
  4. ^ Barrett, Erin; Mingo, Jack (August 1, 2003). It Takes a Certain Type to be a Writer: Facts from the World of Writing and Publishing. Conari Press. ISBN 9781609250737. Retrieved 6 March 2017.