Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American author. He is the author of the novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and many other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are revisionist retellings of classic children's stories: for example, in Wicked he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into the sympathetic protagonist more...
Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American author. He is the author of the novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and many other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are revisionist retellings of classic children's stories: for example, in Wicked he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into the sympathetic protagonist Elphaba. Wicked was turned into a hit Broadway musical of the same name.less...
Kathy wrote a review on Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years)
This was one I had to work to stick with until I got about midway through it, then I was truly into it. My biggest issue with the book was the writers need to use such an abundance of obscure vocabulary.
Loved his book wicked and am totally addicted to his writing. True fantasy deviations and a class act. Currently am on Mirror Mirror and am eagerly anticipating future books.
This was one I had to work to stick with until I got about midway through it, then I was truly into it. My biggest issue with the book was the writers need to use such an abundance of obscure vocabulary.