Gregory maguire audio books, best sellers, author bio. A lion among men by gregory maguire english hardcover book 1st edition. He has been a board member of the national childrens book and literacy alliance, and has served on boards at the isabella stewart gardner. A tale of the once and future nutcracker, maguire sweeps his readers deep into the. By gregory maguire prologue on the yellow brick road a mile above oz, the witch balanced on the winds forward edge, as if she were a green fleck of the land itself, flung up and sent wheeling away by the turbulent air. Gregory maguire biography gregory maguire is the author of several novels for adults and more than a dozen novels for children. Gregory maguire born june 9, 1954 is an american novelist. He often writes revisionist tales of classic childrens tales, such as the wizard of oz in his wicked years series or retelling snow white in mirror mirror. Gregory maguire, master storyteller and bestselling author of wicked, spins a magical and mesmerizing adventure set in tsarist russia. Frank baums the wonderful wizard of oz into wicked. The author tells liane hansen about son of a witch, the sequel to his. Written by gregory maguire, audiobook narrated by john mcdonough, kate forbes, barbara rosenblat, richard ferrone.
The title of his 1999 book confessions of an ugly stepsister shows this orientation. Gregory maguire, in full gregory peter maguire, born june 9, 1954, albany, new york, u. Wicked is about a land where animals talk and strive to be treated like firstclass citizens, munchkinlanders seek the comfort of middleclass stability, and the tin man becomes a victim of domestic violence. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Bestselling author gregory maguire drops readers behind the scenes of common childhood stories in such novels as wicked, mirror mirror and after alice, and in hiddensee.
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Their runaway success here invites analysis, partly because the books are as popular with boys as with girls. Gregory maguire, american fantasy novelist known for his wicked years series, notably wicked. Now a beloved classic, wicked is the basis for a blockbuster tony awardwinning broadway musical. The life and times of the witch of the west, which inspired the hit broadway play wicked. Gregory maguire is an american novelist of fantasy and childrens novelist. October 2, 2005 gregory maguire has returned to oz for another look at the workings of good and evil in the emerald city. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 312 pages and is available in hardcover format. Maguires reversal of the traditional oz literature, in which the villainess. Sign up for news and special offers from harpercollins. Gregory maguire is an american author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of childrens stories such as l. The life and times of the wicked witch of the west is a novel published in 1995, written by gregory maguire and illustrated by douglas smith. On the railway line of fantastical destinations, lewis carrolls crazypants kingdom lies a few stops past oz, where maguire made his name giving. Gregory maguire has 88 books on goodreads with 1563165 ratings.
Gregory maguire known for twisting and subverting classic childrens tales to expose the deeper story underneath, gregory maguire wrote the bestselling book wicked. Gregory maguire books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography. Free download or read online a lion among men pdf epub the wicked years series book. The ballad of songbirds and snakes from the author that brought you the hunger games, reenter the world of panem again sixtyfour years before the events of the original series. Maguire is married to painter andy newman, whom he has adopted three children with.
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If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. The main characters of this fantasy, fiction story are. White and purple summer thunderheads mounded around her. Gregory maguire creates a fantasy world so rich and vivid that we will never look at oz the same way again. Maguire is married to painter andy newman, whom he. The life and times of the wicked witch of the west, confessions of an ugly stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Mirror, mirror by gregory maguire 2004, paperback novel book. Gregory maguire is the new york times bestselling author of confessions of an ugly stepsister.