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She holds the Guinness world record for the youngest female published author. Jalaluddin Al-Suyuti (c. 1445–1505) wrote his first book, Sharh Al-Isti'aadha wal-Basmalah, at the age of 17. F. J. Thwaites (1908–1979) wrote his bestselling novel The Broken Melody when he was 19. John Kennedy Toole (1937–1969) wrote The Neon Bible in 1954 ...
Michelle Nkamankeng (born c. 2008) is a South African novelist, from Johannesburg, who has become the youngest author in South Africa and also by being in the top 10 of the world's youngest authors. [1] Her first book titled Waiting for the Waves published by LANSM Publishing Ltd, is the first part of a four book series. [2]
Dorothy Elmhirst Straight [1] (born May 25, 1958) 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]
The Booker Prize 2022 longlist features the oldest and youngest authors ever to be nominated for the prestigious literary award. British author Alan Garner, who will celebrate his 88th birthday on ...
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Charlie Higson: Young Bond; S.E. Hinton: The Outsiders, Rumble Fish, Tex, That Was Then, This Is Now; Will Hobbs: Downriver, Far North, Crossing the Wire; Amanda Hocking: My Blood Approves Series, Switched Trilogy; Alice Hoffman: Green Angel; Nina Kiriki Hoffman (primarily an author of science fiction): A Stir of Bones, Spirits That Walk in Shadow
Leavitt makes history as the youngest ever White House press secretary (Getty Images) She gushed about Trump as a boss. “He’s the best. He is generous, a great listener and storyteller, and ...
Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Booker Prize, making Catton the youngest author ever to win the prize (at age 28) and only the second New Zealander. It was subsequently adapted into a television miniseries, with Catton as screenwriter. In 2023, she was named on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list.