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
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Die Hexen von Oz: Die wahre Geschichte der Bösen Hexe des Westens (1995) 29,193 Exemplare, 653 Rezensionen
Das Tulpenhaus oder Bekenntnisse einer häßlichen Stiefschwester. (1999) 8,694 Exemplare, 140 Rezensionen
The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz (eBook Bundle) (2013) 87 Exemplare
Innocence and Experience: Essays and Conversations on Childrens Literature (1987) — Herausgeber — 69 Exemplare
Scarecrow [short story] 3 Exemplare
Wicked Years Series 4 Books Collection Set (Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men & Out of Oz) (2012) 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
The Oakthing 2 Exemplare
Puz_le 1 Exemplar
Wicked: A New Musical 1 Exemplar
The Freshwater Mermaid 1 Exemplar
The Prank [short fiction] 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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The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm (2004) — Mitwirkender — 1,033 Exemplare, 15 Rezensionen
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me: Forty New Fairy Tales (2010) — Vorwort — 990 Exemplare, 25 Rezensionen
Wicked: The Grimmerie, a Behind-the-Scenes Look at the Hit Broadway Musical (2005) — Mitwirkender — 932 Exemplare, 15 Rezensionen
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Mitwirkender — 871 Exemplare, 46 Rezensionen
A Wolf at the Door and Other Retold Fairy Tales (2000) — Mitwirkender — 826 Exemplare, 21 Rezensionen
The Dragon Book: Magical Tales from the Masters of Modern Fantasy (2009) — Mitwirkender — 403 Exemplare, 13 Rezensionen
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy (2013) — Mitwirkender — 378 Exemplare, 18 Rezensionen
Mein kleiner Horrortrip: Die kürzesten Schockgeschichten aller Zeiten (2009) — Mitwirkender — 280 Exemplare, 21 Rezensionen
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Fifteenth Annual Collection (2002) — Mitwirkender — 266 Exemplare, 4 Rezensionen
The Letter Q: Queer Writers' Notes to their Younger Selves (2012) — Mitwirkender — 265 Exemplare, 5 Rezensionen
The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection (2005) — Mitwirkender — 223 Exemplare, 5 Rezensionen
How Beautiful the Ordinary: Twelve Stories of Identity (2009) — Mitwirkender — 216 Exemplare, 8 Rezensionen
Oz Reimagined: New Tales from the Emerald City and Beyond (2013) — Vorwort — 154 Exemplare, 11 Rezensionen
Salon Fantastique: Fifteen Original Tales of Fantasy (2006) — Mitwirkender — 128 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
A Wonderful Welcome to Oz: Marvelous Land of Oz, Ozma of Oz & The Emerald City of Oz (2006) — Herausgeber — 76 Exemplare
Navigating The Golden Compass: Religion, Science & Dæmonology in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials (2005) — Mitwirkender — 62 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Mitwirkender — 17 Exemplare, 1 Rezension
Story Time: Essays on the Betsy Beinecke Shirley Collection of American Children's Literature (2017) — Mitwirkender — 5 Exemplare
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister [2002 TV movie] — Original novel — 1 Exemplar
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- 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
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- Newman, Andy (spouse)
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- 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)
Gregory Maguire in Fairy Tales Retold (Mai 2007)
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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)