A 12-Year-Old Saudi Girl Is Named By Guinness As The World’s Youngest Author Of A Book Series
Ritaj Hussain Alhazmi has written a series of novels (Treasure of the Lost Sea, Portal of the Hidden World, and Beyond the Future World) that have made her the world’s youngest female to publish a book series.
She was only 12 years old at the time her record was verified by Guinness.
New record: Youngest person to publish a book series (female) – Ritaj Hussain Alhazmi from Saudi Arabia aged 12 years and 295 days
Learn more about Ritaj who began writing at the age of seven and has already released three books!https://t.co/L0skHlrph6
— Guinness World Records (@GWR) July 4, 2022
She started writing books when she was only six!
Her first novel Treasure of the Lost Sea, which was aimed at children was published back in 2019.
#GuinnessWorldRecords names #Saudi girl #RitajAlHazmi, 12, youngest #book series #author pic.twitter.com/dlmQ312xCY
— Breaking News Saudi Arabia (@theSaudiNewsOff) May 18, 2021
Ritaj has just completed her fourth book in the series, The Passage to the Unknown, which will be published soon.
أكملت كتابي الجديد ‘العبور الى المجهول’ وسيتم نشره قريبا
Completed my new book ‘The Passage to the Unknown’ and will be published soon. #ريتاج_الحازمي pic.twitter.com/7NZbG6kSZm— Ritaj Alhazmi | ريتــاج الحازمي (@ritajalhazmi) June 10, 2022