Esther Forbes, born on June 28, 1891, was well-known in her day as an author of historical novels for adults. In fact, she won a Pulitzer Prize in 1942 for Paul Revere and the World He Lived In.She was thought to be one of the foremost Revere scholars of her time. During her research for that book, she discovered that it was a horse boy who brought word to Paul Revere that the British were ready to March. That was Forbes' inspiration for Johnny Tremain, the book which would win the Newbery Medal in 1943. A resident of Worcester, Massachusetts when she died in 1967, her family still lives in her house — an historical treasure of one of America's best-loved authors for children.