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Dorothy Straight
Born
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight

(1958-05-25) May 25, 1958 (age 66)
Washington, D.C.
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.

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