I think Helen Hoover Santymeyer was around the age of 90 when her novel And Ladies of the Club was published. It was nearly 1000 pages in hardcover, I believe.
Frances Bennett is a resident at Cedar Ridge (Holiday Retirement) in Burlington NC she was just published a couple of weeks ago at age 92.
The oldest person to write a first novel is likely to vary, as age at first novel publication can vary widely among authors. However, some well-known examples include Anna Sewell, who wrote "Black Beauty" at age 57, and Frank McCourt, who published "Angela's Ashes" at age 66.
4 years old
Meleik Delaney is the youngest author ever published. Meleik surpassed the previous youngest published author by writing his first two books at the age of three and publishing his first book at the age of 4. His website is
The Fighters of Justice Book Series is a collection of superhero books created by four year old Meleik Delaney at the age of 3.
The Fighters of Justice Book Series is a collection of books created by four year old Meleik Delaney at the age of 3. Meleik is now 4 years old. Meleik's first book is titled The Fighters of Justice Saves their Mother and "Learns to Never Give Up." The next four books will follow. The next books are: 1. The Fighters of Justice Saves their Friend and "Learns the Virtue of Helping Others," 2.) The Fighters of Justice Saves the World and "Learns the Importance of Family," 3.) The Fighters of Justice Saves Generations of People and "Learns the Wisdom of Elders," 4.) The Fighters of Justice Saves their Community and "Learns the Value of Team Work."
Dorothy Straight's was the previous youngest published author at six. The book was written at the age of 4 and published when she was six years old. (Dorothy Straight (born May 25, 1958 in Washington, D.C.) wrote How the World Began in 1962 for her grandmother. Her parents loved it so much that they sent it to Pantheon Books which published it in 1964, making her the youngest published author.
Murray Kay wrote a confession to a series of murders and published it when he was 103 years old.
Lorna Page was 93 when she published A Dangerous Weakness.
He did not write any novel.
Who was the first person to write a code of laws.
CS Lewis' first published novel was The Pilgrim's Regress. It was published in 1933.
The first novel in the Maximum Ride series is called The Angel Experiment.
The Leavenworth Case, by Katherine Anne Greene was the first woman to write a detective novel in 1878
Myers wrote his first young adult novel, "Somewhere in the Darkness," in 1992.
Novelist (a writer of novels) or an author (a writer of books or stories).
You can not write a novel by keeping your creative juices in your head. Also, you can not write a novel by writing a dictionary instead.
Adele is the first person to write and sing Rolling in the Deep.
King James was not the first person to write the Bible.
What's wrong with that? Anyone can write a Novel!
James Madison. I am not sure if it is the first person but he did write it.