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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 is Maguire’s fifth revisionist story and the second set in the land of Oz conceived by L. Frank Baum. Son of a Witch continues the story after the fall from power of the Wizard of Oz and the death of Elphaba by recounting the life of Elphaba’s son, Liir. The book is dedicated to the cast of the Broadway musical version of Wicked.
“Wicked” – the movie, the Broadway musical and the book – crafts Dorothy’s nemesis as a fully-formed (and green) character with her own tragic backstory. The book is a prequel to L ...
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.
Out of Oz is the fourth and final novel in Gregory Maguire's The Wicked Years and was released on November 1, 2011. Out of Oz brings a conclusion to the narratives spread across The Wicked Years while providing a revisionist look at L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz incorporating elements from Baum's series as well as the 1939 film adaptation of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
"Wicked" is a prequel to or, perhaps more accurately, the origin story of prominent characters in "The Wizard of Oz." The "Wicked" musical is based on Gregory Maguire's 1995 book "Wicked: The Life ...
"Wicked" is a new prequel to "The Wizard of Oz" story, based on the award-winning Broadway show. Here's how the two stories intersect. 'Wicked' is a prequel to 'The Wizard of Oz.'
Paulie Rojas as Dorothy Gale, a successful children's book author from Kansas. [5] Marissa Smoker portrays a younger Dorothy Gale; Eliza Swenson as Billie Westbrook, a book publisher's agent who is the Earth-based form of the Wicked Witch of the West. Billy Boyd as Nick Chopper, Dorothy's boyfriend. His name is a reference to the true name of ...