Two days ago, Keris brought us news of an eleven year-old with a book deal- now here's an eight year old!
American Adora Svitak practically defines the term "genius overachiever" and makes the rest of us look, quite frankly, a bit dim. A fan of books on French philosophy and debates about politics, her book Flying Fingers (from www.aultbeapublishing.com) contains writing advice for those of us less prodigious, along with samples of some of her four hundred short stories and poems. She's even been on Oprah. Oh yeah- and she routinely reads three novels a day, but hey, who doesn't?! (Oh yeah- me...)
[Via The Mirror].