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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 original source material for “Wicked” is the beloved children’s book “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz,” published in 1900. L. Frank Baum published 14 books over the next 20 years in the ...
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
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.
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.
Related: Wicked Review: Ariana Grande Steals the Show in an Oz-some Adaptation of the Hit Broadway Musical But the book spends much more time laying out the social, political and ethical ...
1996 Round the Twist – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1997 Wicked! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1998 Wicked! – Winner Most Popular Oz Book; 1999 The Gizmo – Best Oz Children's Book; 2000 – No.s 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 10 in the Top Ten Books. Books I Love Best Yearly (BILBY Award): 1992 Unreal! – Winner Read Alone Primary Section; 1994 ...
Much like The Wizard of Oz, the first Wicked movie is designed for the whole family: kids can enjoy its colorful world-building and bubbly characters, adults can appreciate its timely real-world ...