Gregory Maguire

Novelist, Author

1954 –

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Who is Gregory Maguire?

Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. 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 and its 1939 film adaption into the misunderstood protagonist Elphaba. Wicked was turned into a successful Broadway musical of the same name. One of Maguire's short stories is featured in the 2004 compilation Gothic! Ten Original Dark Tales.

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Born
Jun 9, 1954
Albany
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Tufts University
  • University at Albany, The State University of New York
Lived in
  • Albany

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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