Jean C. O'Connor's novels, based on primary sources, are about a "forgotten founder" in the American Revolution, James Lovell: The Remarkable Cause: A Novel of James Lovell and the Crucible of the Revolution (Knox Press, 2021) and Congress's Cryptographer: A Novel of Revolutionary War Cryptography, Code Breaking, and the Forgotten Founder Who Helped Win American Independence (Mountain Pine Press, 2026). A few lines in her grandmother's journal inspired Jean's interest in James Lovell, her five times great-grandfather. Jean is a retired teacher in Montana, and the author of two historical novels about a "forgotten founder," James Lovell. As an educator, Jean received the NCTE High School Teacher of Excellence Award.James Lovell has been called "the Revolution's one-man National Security Agency" by William Friedman, long time director of the National Security Agency. Lovell was a teacher at the Boston Latin School, prisoner of the British for spying following the Battle of Bunker Hill, and congressman for five years during the Revolution. For his work with cryptography during the American Revolution while in Congress, James Lovell has been honored by induction into the National Security Agency's 2023 Cryptologic Hall of Honor.Jean's presentations include a lesson for the Museum of the American Revolution, Philadelphia, a webinar for Fort Ticonderoga, and the Schorreck Lecture at the National Cryptologic Museum, National Security Agency, Fort Meade, MD.