Can children be authors

There are about 9 child authors in the world. More inputWhat would you classify as children? Would that involve something under 18? Further More Input

The youngest author who ever published was 4 years of age. Doesn't make much of a difference to authors who are older than her when it comes to book earnings.

Authors are made - not born at the first sign of christening and as long as you can write and pull off a manuscript at an early age of what, 6, you can be a published author. To get into a contract, yes, you must have someone legal to assist you with it. Self-publishing will entail you to make a deposit before going through production and any financial transaction done should be legitimate.

With parent's consent, supervision and resources, these children are already raking exposure in the publishing industry as young as they are now.