Amazing child genius!

American child author Adora Svitak stopped by Hong Kong to attend this year's Standard Chartered Book Festival. The 10-year-old veteran writer tells us her own story.

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[missvineland]

"I wasn't serious about it until I was 6"

I was serious about barbies when I was six.

[Taino137]

She makes me feel like i'm incarcerated in the penitentiary of stupidity.

[iLUFFFu]

dang, high school literature level at age 10...

[teddiebearxx]

@lodproductions90 true, yet stereotypical.

[flsimx]

@missvineland LMFAOOOOOOO SAMEEEE!!

[DinainAlmaty]

she should be a student of philology or historic faculty...

[TRADERSFRIEND]

LOL.....amazing!

[controberlusca]

but....playyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 

[TheorySF]

seems to me, she's alittle bit arrogant.

[lodproductions90]

Quite smart. Nothing too special in Hong Kong, though. Asians are generally smarter and more diligent. ;-)

[855842]

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[glowingdarkmatter25]

A lot of smart people talk really fast. My brother has the brains in the family, and he talks non-stop was a wiz with politics at the age four. Fortunately, we sent him to formal boarding school and now he's just average. No, seriously, he's just not a book lover or textbook terror. But he can talk nearly about everything. I'm smart, but not a competent talker. And if the minute a person meets me they know why.