Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
1995
Son of a Witch
2005
A Lion Among Men
2008
Out of Oz
2011
Publication Order of Another Day Books
The Brides of Maracoor
2021
The Oracle of Maracoor
2022
The Witch of Maracoor
2023
Publication Order of Wicked Childhood Prequel Books
Elphie: A Wicked Childhood
2025
Galinda: A Charmed Childhood
2026
Publication Order of The Hamlet Chronicles Books
Seven Spiders Spinning
1994
Six Haunted Hairdos
1997
Five Alien Elves
1998
Four Stupid Cupids
2000
Three Rotten Eggs
2002
A Couple of April Fools
2004
One Final Firecracker
2005
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
1999
Lost
2001
Mirror Mirror
2003
The Next Queen of Heaven
2009
After Alice
2015
Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker
2017
A Wild Winter Swan
2020
Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas
Matchless: A Christmas Story
2009
Tales Told in Oz
2012
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales
2004
Publication Order of Children’s Books
The Lightning Time
1978
The Daughter of the Moon
1980
Lights on the Lake
1981
The Dream Stealer
1983
The Peace and Quiet Diner
1988
I Feel Like the Morning Star
1989
Lucas Fishbone
1990
Missing Sisters
1994
The Good Liar
1995
Oasis
1996
Crabby Cratchitt
2000
What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy
2007
Egg and Spoon
2014
Cress Watercress
2022
Publication Order of Graphic Novels
Wicked: The Graphic Novel Part I (With: Scott Hampton)
2025
Wicked: The Graphic Novel Part II (With: Scott Hampton)
2026
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation
2009
About Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire (born 9 June 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American novelist best known for “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”, the 1995 novel behind the Broadway musical and the two-part film. He has written several dozen books for adults and children, and many of his adult novels are inspired by classic children’s stories.
Maguire was the youngest of four children. His mother died from complications of his birth, and he spent part of his infancy in a local orphanage before he was reclaimed at the age of two, after his father remarried. He was educated in Catholic schools, took a BA in English at the State University of New York at Albany in 1976, an MA in children’s literature at Simmons College in 1978 and a PhD at Tufts University in 1990. His first novel, “The Lightning Time”, appeared in 1978, when he was 24. He taught at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children’s Literature from 1979 to 1986, and in 1987 co-founded the charity Children’s Literature New England, which he co-directed for 25 years.
“Wicked” was his first novel for adults. Written as a biography of the Wicked Witch of the West, whom Maguire names Elphaba Thropp, it presents a darker Land of Oz than L. Frank Baum’s. It sold by word of mouth, reaching 500,000 copies by the time the musical, with songs by Stephen Schwartz, opened on Broadway in 2003. The film versions followed in 2024 and 2025. Three sequels, “Son of a Witch”, “A Lion Among Men” and “Out of Oz”, complete The Wicked Years.
He has since returned to Oz with the Another Day trilogy, which begins with “The Brides of Maracoor” (2021), and with two childhood prequels: “Elphie” (2025) and “Galinda”, published by HarperCollins in September 2026. A two-part graphic novel adaptation of “Wicked”, illustrated by Scott Hampton, appeared in 2025 and 2026.
His other adult novels include “Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister” (1999), which retells Cinderella from a stepsister’s point of view and became a television film in 2002, “Mirror Mirror”, “After Alice” and “Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker”. For children he wrote the seven Hamlet Chronicles, starting with “Seven Spiders Spinning”. Maguire lives in Concord, Massachusetts, with his husband, the painter Andy Newman, and they have three adopted children.
