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Dorothy Elmhirst Straight (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 for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest published authors in history.
May 25, 2018 · Dorothy Payne Whitney was born in 1887, the youngest child of Flora Payne and William C. Whitney. By the age of 17, her mother, stepmother, and her father had all died, leaving Dorothy with an enormous inheritance and a sense of urgency to make her life have meaning.
Oct 28, 2018 · Dorothy Elmhisrt Straight, born on May 25, 1958, in Washington D.C. wrote a book at the age of only four, making her the youngest female published author. She holds a Guinness world record for it. The book is called “How the World Began” and can still be bought on Amazon as a used or collectible hardcover edition.
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight is an American author who wrote How the World Began in 1962 at the age of 4 for her grandmother, Dorothy Payne Whitney, making her among the youngest published authors in history.
Straight was born in New York City, the son of Willard Dickerman Straight (1880–1918), an investment banker who died in Michael's infancy, and Dorothy Payne Whitney (1887–1968), a philanthropist.
Air Commodore Whitney Willard Straight, CBE, MC, DFC, FRSA, FRGS (6 November 1912 – 5 April 1979) was a Grand Prix motor racing driver, aviator, businessman, and a member of the prominent Whitney family of the United States.
Dorothy Straight (born May 25, 1958 in Washington, D.C.) wrote How the World Began in 1962 for her grandmother. [1] Her parents loved it so much that they sent it to Pantheon Books which published it in 1964, making her the youngest published author.
