Forbes, Esther (1891-1967), was an American author. She won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize in American history for her brilliant historical biography, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In. While writing this book, she became interested in the apprentice boys of Boston, and the part they played in the Revolutionary War. After finishing the adult biography, Forbes wrote for young people the novel Johnny Tremain, about an apprentice in the exciting days of the Boston Tea Party. This book won the Newbery Medal in 1944. She also wrote such American historical novels as A Mirror for Witches (1928), Paradise (1937), The General’s Lady (1938), The Running of the Tide (1948), and Rainbow on the Road (1954).
Forbes was born on Jan. 28, 1891, in Westborough, Massachusetts. She studied at the University of Wisconsin. She died on Aug. 12, 1967.
