She was also married, although this union would be unhappy and she would divorce in 1933. In 1919, Esther took a job at Houghton Mifflin in Massachusetts, reading manuscripts. The story, "Breakneck Hill," was published in 1915 and won the famous O. There, Esther was mentored by scholars at the university, who encouraged her to publish her first short story.
She was only able to focus on writing after she moved to Wisconsin to live with her sister, Cornelia, who was a teacher at the University of Wisconsin. The whole family moved to Worcester to live on this land, and Esther and her sisters were sent to the prestigious Bancroft School.Īlthough she was always a creative and curious child, Esther did poorly in school. When Esther was seven, her mother inherited a large plot of land in Worcester, Massachusetts.
She spent her childhood in a progressive environment her parents valued learning for both men and women. Esther Forbes was born in 1891, the fifth child of William Trowbridge Forbes, a lawyer, and Harriette Merrifield, an historian.
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