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Gregory Maguire

Born

in Albany, New York, The United States

June 09, 1954

Website

https://gregorymaguire.com/

Genre

Science Fiction & Fantasy, Children's Books, Literature & Fiction

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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).

Maguire has served as artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Hambidge Center. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

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Average rating: 3.5 · 981,713 ratings · 63,556 reviews · 110 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.52 avg rating — 657,217 ratings — published 1995 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Son of a Witch (The Wicked Years, #2) by Gregory Maguire, Douglas Smith (illustrator), Jelena Bojić (Translator) 3.51 avg rating — 67,436 ratings — published 2005 — 68 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 3.54 avg rating — 61,594 ratings — published 1999 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lion Among Men (The Wicked Years, #3) by Gregory Maguire, Douglas Smith (Illustrator) 3.35 avg rating — 31,233 ratings — published 2008 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mirror Mirror 3.29 avg rating — 31,758 ratings — published 2003 — 44 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Out of Oz (The Wicked Years, #4) 3.85 avg rating — 21,366 ratings — published 2011 — 29 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lost by Gregory Maguire, Douglas Smith (illustrator) 2.84 avg rating — 14,663 ratings — published 2001 — 33 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	After Alice 2.82 avg rating — 12,600 ratings — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker 3.15 avg rating — 8,146 ratings — published 2017 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Egg & Spoon 3.65 avg rating — 6,964 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Gregory Maguire

The Wicked Years (4 books)
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3.72 avg rating — 3,766 ratings

The Hamlet Chronicles (7 books)
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3.58 avg rating — 871 ratings

Wicked [6 Volumes] (6 books)
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2.67 avg rating — 3 ratings

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