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Author Gregory Maguire returns to Oz with "Elphie: A Wicked Childhood" • Mar. 27, 2025, 1:11 AM ET (CBS)

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Also Known As Gregory Peter Maguire
Born June 9, 1954 (age 70) • Albany • New York
Notable Works “A Lion Among Men” • “A Wild Winter Swan” • “After Alice” • “Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister” • “Hiddensee: A Tale of the Once and Future Nutcracker” • “I Feel Like the Morning Star” • “Lost” • “Lucas Fishbone” • “Mirror, Mirror” • “Out of Oz” • “Seven Spiders Spinning” • “Six Haunted Hairdos” • “Son of a Witch” • “The Brides of Maracoor” • “The Daughter of the Moon” • “Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West”

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