About the Book…
The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon.
Now a major movie and record-breaking box office sensation.
In this classic tale of good and evil, what if we weren’t told the whole story?
Long before Dorothy follows the yellow brick road and triumphs over the Wicked Witch of the West, a little girl with emerald-green skin is born in the land of Oz.
Elphaba grows up to be smart and prickly, a lonely outsider with an extraordinary talent for magic. Arriving at university, she dares to believe she might finally fit in.
But Oz isn’t the haven she’d dreamed of. Some of its citizens are in grave danger, and Elphaba is determined to protect them from the Wizard’s power.
And when the world declares her a wicked witch, Elphaba takes matters into her own hands…
**This is the original novel by Gregory Maguire, first published in 1995. It is a reimagined prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and contains adult content.**
The 30th Anniversary Edition will have the following additional features:
*Special limited ‘Glinda’ design
*Pink and white soft-touch hardback casing
*Full-colour illustrated endpapers
*Head and tail bands
*Ribbon marker
*Signed by the Author
About the Author…
Gregory Maguire is the bestselling author Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West. With its three sequels, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz, the quartet is known as the Wicked Years. It was followed up by a trilogy called Another Day (The Brides of Maracoor, The Oracle of Maracoor, and The Witch of Maracoor), which continues the saga begun in Wicked. These books have have earned him rave reviews and a dedicated following.
The Broadway musical based on Wicked is now the fourth longest running play in Broadway history. The play has inspired a two-film project being released in 2024 and 2025, starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
Maguire has written ten other adult novels and twenty children’s novels. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges.
He has also served as an artist-in-residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.
