Dorothy Straight

Dorothy Straight
Born
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight

(1958-05-25) May 25, 1958
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 (born May 25, 1958) 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.