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Gregory Maguire
BornJune 9, 1954 (1954-06-09) (age 54)
Albany, New York
OccupationNovelist
GenresFantasy
Notable work(s)Wicked
Influences
Official website

Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American author. Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. Employment is a Contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. A literary genre is a category of literary composition Genres may be determined by Literary technique, tone, Content, or even (as in the case of fiction Fantasy is a Genre that uses magic and other Supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, and/or setting Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a Parallel novel published in 1995. Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker Terence Hanbury White ( 29 May 1906 &ndash 17 January 1964) was an English Author best known for his sequence of Arthurian Events 53 - Roman Emperor Nero marries Claudia Octavia 62 - Claudia Octavia commits Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Albany is the Capital of the State of New York and the County seat of Albany County. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He is the author of the novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and many other novels for adults and children. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, is a Parallel novel published in 1995. Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister is a Novel by Gregory Maguire, retelling the tale of Cinderella through the eyes of her "ugly stepsisters Many of Maguire's adult novels are revisionist retellings of classic children's stories: for example, in Wicked he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into the sympathetic protagonist Elphaba. In fiction revisionism is the retelling of a story or type of story with substantial alterations in character or environment to "revise" the view shown in the original work The Wicked Witch of the West (or simply The Wicked Witch) is a character in the fictional Land of Oz created by American author L Lyman Frank Baum ( May 15 1856 &ndash May 5 1919) was an American Author, Actor, and Independent filmmaker Elphaba Thropp is the name given to the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Wicked was turned into a hit Broadway musical of the same name. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located Wicked is a musical with songs and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.

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. The University at Albany State University of New York, commonly known as the University at Albany is a Public university located in the capital of New He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. The Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature is an academic program at Simmons College specializing in the critical study of Children's literature In 1987 he co-founded Children's Literature New England [1]. He still serves as co-director of CLNE, although that organization has announced its intention to close after its 2006 institute. [2]

He has three adopted children and is married to painter Andy Newman. Same-sex marriage, also referred to as gay marriage, is a Marriage between two persons of the same sex Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Gregory Maguire is also a board member of the National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance[3] a national not-for-profit that actively advocates for literacy, literature, and libraries.

Contents

Bibliography

For Children

For Adults

Short Stories

References

  1. ^ Gregory Maguire &- Harper Collins Publishers
  2. ^ Childrens Literature New England
  3. ^ The National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance

External links

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