Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003, which was later adapted into a two-part musical film series with the first film released in 2024 and the second film released in 2025.
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with Jack Dann and Bruce Coville
with Robert Coover
with Joan Aiken, Celia Rees and M. T. Anderson
with Jane Yolen, Midori Snyder, Carol Emshwiller, Jeffrey Ford, Emma Bull and Carolyn Dunn
with Jacqueline Woodson, Bruce Coville, Ellen Howard and M.E. Kerr
Graphic novels3
with Delia Sherman and Ari Berk
Collections3
with Rockne S. O'Bannon, Ronald D. Moore, Richard K. Morgan, Ken MacLeod, Ernest Hemingway, Ari Handel, Darren Aronofsky, Stephen R. Donaldson, Eileen Gunn and James P. Blaylock
with Gregory Frost, Midori Snyder and Christopher Rowe