About the Author

Gregory Maguire is the bestselling author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the basis for the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name together with Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Lost and Mirror Mirror.

Reviews

"As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be." -- Entertainment Weekly"Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness." -- People"Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn." -- New York Times"A powerful cast of characters . . . Maguire has engaged in virtuoso fashion the very themes that turned what many considered a literary trifle into an American classic. . . . One of those rare books that, although not designed for children, absorbs us in ways that only childhood reading usually can, even as it refuses to let us take cover from the real world while we are reading it." -- Los Angeles Times"Masterfully imaginative. . . . Mesmerizing. . . . A headspinning cast of vividly described, eccentric characters emerges. . . . [An] enchanting fable." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)"Richly detailed. . . . Filled with wonderful things. . . . Once again, the myth of Oz proves its enduring power." -- Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil." -- Library Journal"Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining." -- Boston Globe

"Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn." -- New York Times"A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil." -- Library Journal"Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining." -- Boston Globe"Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness." -- People"As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be." -- Entertainment WeeklyFor Wicked: "I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story." -- --Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True"An amazing novel." -- --John Updike"Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit--that spot is well deserved." -- --Kirkus Reviews