Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American United States

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author. He is the author of the novels , Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel [i] by Gregory Maguire [i], retelling the tale of Cinderella [i] ...

, and many other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are revisionist Revisionism

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retellings of classic children's stories: for example, in Wicked he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West Wicked Witch of the West

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from L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum

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's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

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into the sympathetic protagonist Elphaba Elphaba

Elphaba Thropp is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West [i] in ' by Gregory Maguire [i], as ...

. Wicked was turned into a hit Broadway Broadway theatre

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musical of the same name.

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Gregory Maguire is an American United States

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel [i] by Gregory Maguire [i], retelling the tale of Cinderella [i] ...

, and many other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are revisionist Revisionism

Revisionism is a word which has several meanings....

retellings of classic children's stories: for example, in Wicked he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West Wicked Witch of the West

The Wicked Witch of the West is a character [i] in the fictional Land of Oz [i] crea ...

from L. Frank Baum L. Frank Baum

Lyman Frank Baum was an American [i] author [i], actor [i], and independent filmmaker [i] ...

's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

For the film, see The Wizard of Oz [i]
...

into the sympathetic protagonist Elphaba Elphaba

Elphaba Thropp is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West [i] in ' by Gregory Maguire [i], as ...

. Wicked was turned into a hit Broadway Broadway theatre

Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre [i] in the United States [i] ...

musical of the same name.

He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University Tufts University

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. 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 . He still serves as co-director of CLNE, although that organization has announced its intention to close after its 2006 institute.

He has three adopted children and is married to painter Painter

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Andy Newman.

Bibliography

For Children

Hamlet Chronicles

Seven Spiders Spinning
Five Alien Elves
Six Haunted Hairdos
Four Stupid Cupids
Three Rotten Eggs
A Couple of April Fools
One Final Firecracker

The Lightning Time
The Daughter of the Moon
Lights on the Lake
The Dream Stealer
I Feel the Morning Star
Lucas Fishbone
Missing Sisters
"The Honorary Shepherds", in Am I Blue?: Coming Out From the Silence, a collection of short stories for gay Gay

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and lesbian Lesbian

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teenagers.
Oasis Oasis

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The Good Liar
Crabby Cratchitt
with Chris L. Demarest

For Adults

Innocence and Experience: Essays and Conversations on Childrens Literature, ed., with Barbara Harrison. Non-fiction essays.
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a novel [i] by Gregory Maguire [i], retelling the tale of Cinderella [i] ...
Lost
Mirror, Mirror
Son of a Witch Son of a Witch

Son of a Witch is a sequel to ', and the fifth revisionist [i]...

Short Stories

Fee, Fie, Foe et Cetera a parody of Jack and the Beanstalk Jack and the Beanstalk

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published in The Green Man Tales Of The Mythic Forest