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Tales Told in Oz

Pages
61
Published
2012
Language
English

Synopsis

A slim companion volume to The Wicked Years: five short fairy tales presented as in-universe Oz folklore, including the origin of Elphaba's name through the legend of Saint Aelphaba, the creation of Jack Pumpkinhead, and Lurline's founding of Oz. Published by Madras Press in 2012.

About the author

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Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is an American novelist born in Albany, New York, in 1954. He studied at the University at Albany, Simmons University and Tufts University. His first novel, The Lightning Time, appeared in 1978. Wicked (1995), his first novel for adults, retells The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the point of view of the Wicked Witch of the West and became the basis of the Broadway musical and a two-part film adaptation. He has written many further novels for adults and children that reimagine class...