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Gregory Maguire


Born
in Albany, New York, The United States
June 09, 1954

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


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 · 1,008,614 ratings · 66,893 reviews · 106 distinct works • Similar authors
Wicked: The Life and Times ...
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Son of a Witch (The Wicked ...
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Confessions of an Ugly Step...
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Mirror Mirror
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Out of Oz (The Wicked Years...
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After Alice
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Wicked: The Life and Times ... Son of a Witch A Lion Among Men Out of Oz
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Seven Spiders Spinning Six Haunted Hairdos Five Alien Elves Four Stupid Cupids Three Rotten Eggs A Couple of April Fools One Final Firecracker
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“People who claim that 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
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“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
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“Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.”
― Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
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  23 votes, 22.5%

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  12 votes, 11.8%

Een Vloek zo Eenzaam van Brigid Kemmerer - Hervertelling van Belle en het Beest - 477 pagina's
 
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Heksengebroed van Margaret Atwood - Hervertelling van de Tempest van Shakespeare - 336 pagina's
 
  9 votes, 8.8%

Slecht : over het leven van de slechte heks van het Westen van Gregory Maguire - Hervertelling van de Wizard of Oz - 480 pagina's
 
  8 votes, 7.8%

Cinder van Marissa Meyer - Hervertelling van Assepoester - 376 pagina's
 
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De stilte van de vrouwen van Pat Barker - Hervertelling van de Ilias van Homeros - 336 pagina's
 
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Cinder & Ella van Kelly Oram - Hervertelling van Assepoester - 368 pagina's
 
  6 votes, 5.9%

Fabelhaven van Brandon Mull - Hervertelling van de Secret Garden - 269 pagina's
 
  5 votes, 4.9%

Arthur ontmaskerd van Philip Reeve - Hervertelling van de Koning Arthur legende - 224 pagina's
 
  4 votes, 3.9%

Koningskind van Selma Noort - Hervertelling van het verhaal van koning Salomon - 254 pagina's
 
  3 votes, 2.9%

Anna K: A Love Story van Jenny Lee - Hervertelling van Anna Karenina van Tolstoi - 496 pagina's
 
  3 votes, 2.9%

Azijnmeisje van Anne Tyler - Hervertelling van Taming of the Shrew van Shakespeare - 212 pagina's
 
  2 votes, 2.0%

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