Esther Forbes is best known for her books on colonial New England, winning a Pulitzer prize for her biography of Paul Revere, and the Newbery for her novel Johnny Tremain.

Her first book on that era, A Mirror for Witches, is set in the Salem witchcraft craze. Ben Kilpela says her novel conveys “what it really felt and feels like to believe in demons so deeply that it could steer people who so believe into unwitting error.” It joins the public domain in 58 days. #PublicDomainDayCountdown