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Young author now seeks to break her second Guinness Book record

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Bella Jay Dark, the youngest female author from Dorset in Weymouth, UK shows her books during the Sharjah Children Reading Festivals in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on May 10, 2023. [Caroline Chebet, Standard]

On any ordinary day, Bella Jay Dark is just a normal six-year-old child. She is bubbly and playful, adventurous and brutally honest. On some days, she has to remain calm for the cameras and the many interviews she does as the world's youngest published female author.

She is a Guinness Book World Record holder, a title she was crowned in June 2022 after her book titled, The Lost Cat, sold more than 1,000 copies.

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