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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).
Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. 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: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire first hit shelves in 2007. The book asks the central question the musical and movie do: Are people born wicked, or do ...
The Wicked Years is a series of novels by Gregory Maguire that present a revisionist take on L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, its 1939 film adaptation, and related books. Unlike the original novel series, the Wicked Years are targeted towards a mature audience and presented a very different and cynical version of Oz than its ...
For Gregory Maguire, the author of the book Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, on which the film was based, it’s a long way from the Oz he first dreamed up nearly three ...
Charlie Griffin, known for National Geographic's 'Wicked Tuna' series, and his dog Leila died in a boating accident, the Coast Guard confirmed. He was 65.
Elphaba Thropp (/ ˈ ɛ l f ə b ə ˈ θ r ɒ p /) is the protagonist in the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire, its musical theatre adaptation, and the musical's two-part film adaptation, Wicked (2024) and Wicked: For Good (2025).
Even though folks likely know Wicked as a Broadway musical, it may surprise people to learn the story is actually based on the 1995 book of the same name from Gregory Maguire.