Youngest published novelist (male)

Youngest published novelist (male)
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Who
Huang Tanchen
What
8 years 49 days old year(s):day(s)
Where
China (Guangzhou)
When
10 May 2025

The youngest published novelist (male) is Huang Tanchen (China, b. 12 September 2015), who was 8 years and 49 days old, as verified in Guangzhou, China, on 10 May 2025.

Huang Tanchen has keen interest on novel writing and his dream is to be novelist in the future. When he’s 7 years, he made a promise to parents that he decided to write at least 3,000 words everyday to prepare to be a novelist. He spent more than 1 year and completed his first science fiction, called “Shirk man’s treasure hunt on planets”. It’s published by Guangzhou Press on October 2023, ISBN 978-7-5462-3635-3.