 Dorothy Straight

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 ever.Dorothy Straight was born on May 25, 1958 in Washington, D.C. She is the daughter of Michael Whitney Straight (1916–2004) and Belinda Booth Crompton (1920–2015).