Esther Forbes

Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian and childrens 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.

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