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Esther Forbes

Esther Forbes
Born Esther Louise Forbes
(1891-06-28)June 28, 1891
Westborough, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died August 12, 1967(1967-08-12) (aged 76)
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation Writer
Nationality American
Alma mater Bradford College
Period 1926–1954
Genre Children's historical novels; biography
Notable works Johnny Tremain: A Novel for Young and Adult
Spouse Albert Hoskins (1926–1933)

Esther Louise Forbes (/fɔːrbz/; June 28, 1891 – August 12, 1967) was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal.

Forbes was born to William Trowbridge and Harriette Merrifield Forbes on June 28, 1891, in Westborough, Massachusetts. She moved with her family to Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1898. She attended Bancroft School in Worcester, and, from 1909 to 1912, she attended Bradford Academy, a junior college in Bradford, Massachusetts.

In 1916, she joined her older sisters Cornelia and Katherine in Madison, Wisconsin, where Cornelia was in graduate school and Katharine was teaching. During this time she attended the classes at the University of Wisconsin. While in Wisconsin, she joined the editorial board of the Wisconsin Literary Magazine.

In 1919, she returned to Worcester and in late December began working for the editorial department of Houghton Mifflin Company in Boston. From 1924 to 1926 she wrote feature articles for the Boston Evening Transcript. She married Albert L. Hoskins, Jr., an attorney, on January 14, 1926, and left Houghton Mifflin.

The couple moved to New York City. Her first novel, O Genteel Lady! was published in 1926 and was selected as the second book for the Book of the Month Club. In 1928 A Mirror for Witches was published. In 1933 she and Albert Hoskins divorced. Although she retained her married name, she wrote under her maiden name, Esther Forbes.


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