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He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is an American novel published in 1995, written by Gregory Maguire with illustrations by Douglas Smith. It is the first in The Wicked Years series, and was followed by Son of a Witch (published in September 2005), A Lion Among Men (published in October 2008), and Out of Oz (published in November 2011).
The book and musical could be distilled to the same plot summary: Behold, the unexpected backstory of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, and Glinda the Good. ... Among “Wicked” fans, the ...
Wicked author Gregory Maguire is opening up about his famous book. In an interview with Them published on Dec. 9, the author spoke about his 1995 novel, Wicked, which was the inspiration for the ...
Author Gregory Maguire, who penned the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which the Tony-winning Broadway musical Wicked is based upon, opened up to NBC Insider ...
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman. It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West , which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum 's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation .
In his novel, Elphaba was conceived in the vein of Margaret Hamilton’s portrayal of the Wicked Witch in 1939’s The Wizard of Oz. “I hardly recognize it as my book anymore,” he said.
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]