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. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location in Albany County and the State of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York County Albany Founded 1614 Incorporated 1686 Mayor Gerald D. Jennings Area    - City 56. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A literary genre is one of the divisions of literature into genres according to particular criteria such as literary technique, tone, or subject matter (content). ... For other meanings see Fantasy (disambiguation) Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, and the creator with illustrator W. W. Denslow of one of the most popular books ever written in American childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... Dickens redirects here. ... Terence Hanbury White (May 29, 1906 - January 17, 1964) was a writer. ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location in Albany County and the State of New York Coordinates: Country United States State New York County Albany Founded 1614 Incorporated 1686 Mayor Gerald D. Jennings Area    - City 56. ... NY redirects here. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ... Wicked book cover Wicked (ISBN 0-06-098710-3), or Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a novel by Gregory Maguire. ... Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel by Gregory Maguire, retelling the tale of Cinderella through the eyes of her Ugly Stepsisters. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Wicked Witch of the West, as portrayed by Margaret Hamilton in the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz The Wicked Witch of the West (or simply The Wicked Witch) is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L. Frank Baum in his childrens... Lyman Frank Baum (May 15, 1856 – May 6, 1919) was an American author, and the creator with illustrator W. W. Denslow of one of the most popular books ever written in American childrens literature, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. ... For the film, see The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is a childrens book written by L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W.W. Denslow. ... Idina Menzel as Elphaba in the Original Broadway Cast of Wicked - (Photo by Joan Marcus) Elphaba is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, as well as in the Broadway adaptation... Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ... Wicked is a musical that opened on Broadway at the George Gershwin Theatre on October 30, 2003. ...

He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 he co-founded Children's Literature New England [1]. He still serves as co-director of CLNE, although that organization has announced its intention to close after its 2006 institute.[2] Tufts University is a private university in Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts, suburbs of Boston. ... The Simmons College Center for the Study of Childrens Literature is an academic program at Simmons College specializing in the critical study of childrens literature. ...

He has three adopted children and is married to painter Andy Newman. Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ...

Bibliography

For Children

• Hamlet Chronicles
  • Seven Spiders Spinning (1994)
  • Five Alien Elves (1998)
  • Six Haunted Hairdos (1999)
  • Four Stupid Cupids (2000)
  • Three Rotten Eggs (2002)
  • A Couple of April Fools (2004)
  • One Final Firecracker (2005)
• The Lightning Time (1978)
• The Daughter of the Moon (1980)
• Lights on the Lake (1981)
• The Dream Stealer (1983)
• I Feel the Morning Star (1989)
• Lucas Fishbone (1990)
• Missing Sisters (1994)
• "The Honorary Shepherds", in Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence, a collection of short stories for gay and lesbian teenagers. (1995)
• Oasis (1996)
• The Good Liar (1997)
• Crabby Cratchitt (2000)
• Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales (2004) with Chris L. Demarest

1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ... For other articles with similar names, see Gay (disambiguation). ... A lesbian is a female who is exclusively emotionally, sexually, and romantically attracted to other females. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

For Adults

• Innocence and Experience: Essays and Conversations on Children's Literature, ed., with Barbara Harrison. Non-fiction essays. (1986)
• Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995)
• Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister (1999)
• Lost (2001)
• Mirror, Mirror (2003)
• Son of a Witch (2005)
• A Cowardly War (200?)

1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Wicked book cover Wicked (ISBN 0-06-098710-3), or Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a novel by Gregory Maguire. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel by Gregory Maguire, retelling the tale of Cinderella through the eyes of her Ugly Stepsisters. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Lost is a novel by Gregory Maguire. ... This article is about the year 2001. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Son of a Witch book cover Son of a Witch is a sequel to Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and the fifth revisionist novel written by Gregory Maguire. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Cowardly War is the third book in Gregory Maguires Wicked Cycle. ...

Short Stories

• Scarecrow (2001), a story about how the Scarecrow from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz comes into existence, published in Half-Human, edited by Bruce Coville.
• Fee, Fie, Foe et Cetera (2002), a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk, published in The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.
• The Oakthing (2004), published in The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

This article is about the year 2001. ... Cover of The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) by L. Frank Baum; illustration by John R. Neill. ... Bruce Coville (b. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Illustration by Arthur Rackham from a 1918 English Fairy Tales, by Flora Annie Steel Jack and the Beanstalk is an English fairy tale, closely associated with the tale of Jack the Giant Killer. ... Ellen Datlow (born 1949) is an American speculative fiction editor and anthologist. ... Terri Windling is an influential fantasy editor, artist, essayist, and author of the novel The Wood Wife (1996), winner of the Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for best novel. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Gregory Maguire official website
• Gregory Maguire profile at FestivalofWords.org
• Gregory Maguire at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

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