Gregory Maguire
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born
June 09, 1954
gender
male
place of birth
Albany, The United States
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Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Literature & Fiction
about this author
Gregory Maguire is an American author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of children's stories (such as L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into Wicked). He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University, and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. 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 (a non-profit educational charity)
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Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire avg rating 3.35 — 76,902 ratings — published 1995 29 editions |
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire avg rating 3.42 — 13,306 ratings — published 1999 17 editions |
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Son of a Witch: A Novel (Wicked Years, #2) by Gregory Maguire, Douglas Smith avg rating 3.30 — 10,210 ratings — published 2005 18 editions |
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Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire avg rating 3.12 — 6,358 ratings — published 2003 14 editions |
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Lost: A Novel by Gregory Maguire avg rating 2.57 — 3,719 ratings — published 2001 11 editions |
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A Lion Among Men (The Wicked Years, #3) by Gregory Maguire avg rating 3.18 — 2,113 ratings — published 2008 11 editions |
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What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy by Gregory Maguire avg rating 3.26 — 997 ratings — published 2007 8 editions |
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Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales by Gregory Maguire avg rating 3.34 — 223 ratings — published 2004 7 editions |
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Wicked / Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire avg rating 4.07 — 111 ratings — published 2006 3 editions |
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The Dream Stealer by Gregory Maguire avg rating 3.75 — 102 ratings — published 1983 4 editions |
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"People who claim they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us. It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of. "
— Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West)
— Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West)
"Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny."
— Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West)
— Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West)
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