Gregory Maguire

Autor von Die Hexen von Oz: Die wahre Geschichte der Bösen Hexe des Westens

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Gregory Maguire was born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York. He received a B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and a Ph.D. in English and American literature from Tufts University. He is a founder and co-director of Children's Literature New England, Incorporated, a non-profit mehr anzeigen educational charity established in 1987. He writes for both adults and children. His first book, The Lighting Time, was published in 1978. His adult works include Wicked, Confessions of and Ugly Stepsister, Lost, Mirror Mirror, Son of a Witch, and A Lion Among Men. The Broadway play Wicked is based on his book of the same title. His children's books include the picture book Crabby Cratchitt, the novel The Good Liar, and the Hamlet Chronicles series. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen

Beinhaltet die Namen: Grgory Maguir, Gregory Maguire, Gergory Maguire, Gregory Maguire, Gregory McGuire, Gregroy Maguire, Gregory Macguire, Gregory Macquire, Greghory Macguire, Gregory Smith Maguire, Maguire Gregory; Gregory Maguire, Gregory. Illustrations by Douglas Smith. Maguire

Reihen

The Wicked Years

Hamlet Chronicles

Another Day

Werke von Gregory Maguire

Beliebt Zuletzt

Die Hexen von Oz: Die wahre Geschichte der Bösen Hexe des Westens (1995) 28,928 Exemplare

Son of a Witch (2004) 8,768 Exemplare

Das Tulpenhaus oder Bekenntnisse einer häßlichen Stiefschwester. (1999) 8,614 Exemplare

Mirror Mirror (2003) 5,438 Exemplare

A Lion Among Men (2008) 4,227 Exemplare

Lost (2001) 3,197 Exemplare

Out of Oz (2011) 1,809 Exemplare

What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy (2007) 1,556 Exemplare

After Alice (2015) 1,401 Exemplare

Wicked / Son of a Witch (2006) 765 Exemplare

Egg and Spoon (2014) 725 Exemplare

Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker (2017) 699 Exemplare

Matchless: A Christmas Story (2009) 690 Exemplare

Leaping Beauty: And Other Animal Fairy Tales (2004) 488 Exemplare

The Next Queen of Heaven (2009) 442 Exemplare

Seven Spiders Spinning (1994) 325 Exemplare

A Wild Winter Swan (2020) 262 Exemplare

The Brides of Maracoor (2021) 198 Exemplare

The Dream Stealer (1983) 160 Exemplare

Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation (2009) 140 Exemplare

The Good Liar (1994) 127 Exemplare

Missing Sisters (1994) 118 Exemplare

Cress Watercress (2022) 95 Exemplare

Four Stupid Cupids (2000) 93 Exemplare

The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz (eBook Bundle) (2013) 86 Exemplare

The Oracle of Maracoor (2022) 82 Exemplare

Innocence and Experience: Essays and Conversations on Childrens Literature (1987) — Herausgeber — 69 Exemplare

Six Haunted Hairdos (1997) 65 Exemplare

Three Rotten Eggs (2002) 54 Exemplare

Five Alien Elves (1998) 48 Exemplare

Oasis (1724) 45 Exemplare

A Couple of April Fools (2004) 44 Exemplare

The Witch of Maracoor (2023) 36 Exemplare

The Peace and Quiet Diner (1988) 29 Exemplare

One Final Firecracker (2005) 23 Exemplare

I feel like the Morning Star (1989) 22 Exemplare

The Daughter of the Moon (1980) 18 Exemplare

Crabby Cratchitt (2000) 17 Exemplare

Lucas Fishbone (1990) 12 Exemplare

The Lightning Time (1978) 11 Exemplare

Wicked / Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister / Lost / Mirror, Mirror (2003) 7 Exemplare

Lights on the Lake (1981) 5 Exemplare

A bela arremetida (2007) 3 Exemplare

Scarecrow [short story] 3 Exemplare

Rut 2 Exemplare

Novels by Gregory Maguire: Wicked: the Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Son of a Witch, a Lion Among Men (2010) 2 Exemplare

Interview 2 Exemplare

Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and Son of a Witch 2 Exemplare

Son of a Witch (Wicked Years (Paperback) #02) [ SON OF A WITCH (WICKED YEARS (PAPERBACK) #02) BY Maguire, Gregory (… 2 Exemplare

Wicked Years Series 4 Books Collection Set (Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men & Out of Oz) (2012) 2 Exemplare

The Oakthing 2 Exemplare

Puz_le 1 Exemplar

Wicked Publisher: Harper; Mass Paperback Edition edition 1 Exemplar

Beyond the Fringe 1 Exemplar

Wicked: A New Musical 1 Exemplar

The Freshwater Mermaid 1 Exemplar

The Prank [short fiction] 1 Exemplar

A Paper Christmas 1 Exemplar

A Few Twigs He Left Behind [short story] 1 Exemplar

Fee, Fie, Foe, et Cetera [Short Story] 1 Exemplar

Wicked & Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister 1 Exemplar

Gregory Maguire Collection Complete Wicked Years Oz Series and Fairy Tales 7 Novel Set (2012) 1 Exemplar

The Lost Day [short story] — Autor — 1 Exemplar

Builder of Keeps {short story} 1 Exemplar

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Zugehörige Werke

Wind in den Weiden (1908) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 23,809 Exemplare

Die Unsterblichen. (1975) — Vorwort, einige Ausgaben — 15,291 Exemplare

The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest (2002) — Mitwirkender — 1,033 Exemplare

The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm (2004) — Mitwirkender — 1,031 Exemplare

My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (2010) — Vorwort — 986 Exemplare

Wicked: The Grimmerie, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical (2005) — Mitwirkender — 917 Exemplare

The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Mitwirkender — 863 Exemplare

A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales (2000) — Mitwirkender — 820 Exemplare

Am I Blue? Coming Out from the Silence (1994) — Mitwirkender — 809 Exemplare

A Glory of Unicorns (1998) — Mitwirkender — 593 Exemplare

Klick: Zehn Autoren erzählen einen Roman (2007) — Mitwirkender — 461 Exemplare

The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2009) — Mitwirkender — 397 Exemplare

Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (2013) — Mitwirkender — 376 Exemplare

Gothic: Ten Original Dark Tales (2004) — Mitwirkender — 352 Exemplare

Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (2008) — Mitwirkender — 351 Exemplare

After (2012) — Mitwirkender — 346 Exemplare

Shelf Life: Stories by the Book (2003) — Mitwirkender — 306 Exemplare

Happily Ever After (2011) — Mitwirkender — 298 Exemplare

Mein kleiner Horrortrip: Die kürzesten Schockgeschichten aller Zeiten (2009) — Mitwirkender — 279 Exemplare

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Mitwirkender — 266 Exemplare

The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves (2012) — Mitwirkender — 262 Exemplare

Half-human (2001) — Mitwirkender — 256 Exemplare

The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2005) — Mitwirkender — 223 Exemplare

How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity (2009) — Mitwirkender — 217 Exemplare

The Secret History of Fantasy (2010) — Mitwirkender — 201 Exemplare

Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond (2013) — Vorwort — 152 Exemplare

Wicked: Original 2003 Broadway Cast Recording (2003) — Original book — 131 Exemplare

Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy (2006) — Mitwirkender — 128 Exemplare

The Dark of the Woods (2006) — Mitwirkender — 89 Exemplare

A Wonderful Welcome to Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz & The Emerald City of Oz (2006) — Herausgeber — 75 Exemplare

Navigating The Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Dæmonology in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (2005) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare

The Exquisite Corpse Adventure (2011) — Mitwirkender — 61 Exemplare

Camelot Fantastic (1998) — Mitwirkender — 54 Exemplare

Brothers and Beasts: An Anthology of Men on Fairy Tales (2007) — Mitwirkender — 51 Exemplare

I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion (2000) — Mitwirkender — 47 Exemplare

Trapped!: Cages of Mind and Body (1938) — Mitwirkender — 43 Exemplare

First Light: A celebration of Alan Garner (2016) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare

Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare

American Experience: American Oz [2021 TV episode] (2021) — Himself — 7 Exemplare

Story Time: Essays on the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (2017) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare

The 2009 Winkie Convention Program Book (2009) — Mitwirkender — 2 Exemplare

Poems — Einführung — 1 Exemplar

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister [2002 TV movie] — Original novel — 1 Exemplar

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Wissenswertes

Gebräuchlichste Namensform: Maguire, Gregory
Geburtstag: 1954-06-09
Geschlecht: male
Nationalität: USA
Geburtsort: Albany, New York, USA
Wohnorte: Albany, New York, USA (birth)
Dublin, Ireland
London, England, UK
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Vermont, USA
Ausbildung: State University of New York, Albany (BA)
Tufts University (PhD)
Berufe: Author
Beziehungen: Newman, Andy (spouse)
Organisationen: Children's Literature New England
National Children's Book and Literacy Alliance
Agent: William Reiss (John Hawkins and Associates)

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Wicked in Someone explain it to me... (Januar 2013)

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Das Tulpenhaus oder Bekenntnisse einer häßlichen… von Gregory Maguire

Das Buch gefiel mir sehr.
Dass es die Aschenputtelgeschichte zur Grundlage nimmt, ist sicher ganz interessant. Denn hier kann man gut entdecken, dass auch böse Stiefschwestern und -mütter ihre eigene Motivation haben. Doch das Buch gefiel mir weit über die Aschenputtelgeschichte hinaus, die ich mehr und mehr unwichtig fand, aufgrund seines Stils, der Genauigkeit der Beschreibung, gerade der Langsamkeit.
Außerdem mag ich Liebesgeschichten, und es erzählt ja neben allem anderen auch eine solche.… (mehr)

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