“A Few Wicked Years”
Maguire will consider the origins of his best known novels, Wicked and Son of a Witch, as well as others, and will ruminate on the impact of childhood reading and writing, of faith and doubt, of history and politics, on his development as a writer. He will also comment on the surprising success of the musical Wicked.
Gregory Maguire is the best-selling author of books for adults and children, includingWicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Son of a Witch (all published by Harper Collins). Formerly a professor and associate director in the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children’s Literature, he is a founder and co-director of Children’s Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit educational charity established in 1987. He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University in 1990.