Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Esther Forbes

Born: June 28, 1891
Died: August 12, 1967 (aged 76)
Bio: Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal.
Known for:
- Johnny Tremain (1943)
- Paul Revere and the World He Lived In (1940)
- A Mirror for Witches (1928)
- America's Paul Revere (1946)
- O Genteel Lady! (1926)