Gregory Maguire Books In Order
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The Brides of Maracoor | (2021) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Oracle of Maracoor | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Witch of Maracoor | (2023) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Hamlet Chronicles Books
Seven Spiders Spinning | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Six Haunted Hairdos | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Five Alien Elves | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Four Stupid Cupids | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Three Rotten Eggs | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Couple of April Fools | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
One Final Firecracker | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of The Wicked Years Books
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Son of a Witch | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Lion Among Men | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Out of Oz | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
The Lightning Time | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Daughter of the Moon | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lights on the Lake | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dream Stealer | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oasis | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Feel Like the Morning Star | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Missing Sisters | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Good Liar | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lost | (2001) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mirror Mirror | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
What-the-Dickens | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Next Queen of Heaven | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Matchless: A Christmas Story | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Egg & Spoon | (2014) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
After Alice | (2015) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hiddensee | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Wild Winter Swan | (2020) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
Publication Order of Picture Books
Crabby Cratchitt | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Peace and Quiet Diner | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Lucas Fishbone | (1990) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cress Watercress | (2022) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Origins of Story: On Writing for Children | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Stephen Schwartz Wicked Books
Wicked - Piano/Vocal | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wicked - Songbook | (2008) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
For Good - Digital Sheet Music | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Anthologies
Travellers in Time: Past, Present, and to Come | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Am I Blue?: Coming Out from the Silence | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Believe in Water: Twelve Brushes with Religion | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Writer's Guide to Fantasy Literature | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Green Man: Tales from the Mythic Forest | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Many Faces of Van Helsing | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Faery Reel: Tales from the Twilight Realm | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Salon Fantastique | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Brothers & Beasts | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dragon Book | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Half-Minute Horrors | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me | (2010) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Happily Ever After | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Exquisite Corpse Adventure | (2011) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Letter Q | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
After: Nineteen Stories of Apocalypse and Dystopia | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Queen Victoria's Book of Spells: An Anthology of Gaslamp Fantasy | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Story Time | (2017) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting in | (2018) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Being a writer is an idiosyncratic job. It’s always the writer versus blank sheets of paper. All you need to do is to bleed your thoughts out and mark the defeat of the sheets with the stains of your words. Certainly there indeed have been many novelists till date but there is one such anomalous writer who is absolutely magnificent and spectacular at his work. He is the Locus award nominated author Gregory Maguire.
Early and Personal Life
Gregory Maguire, an American author, born on June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York is basically a fantasy and children’s literature writer. Being born and brought up in Albany, he completed his BA from the state university of New York and pursued his PhD in English and American literature from the Tufts University. Later, he was appointed on the post of professor and co-director at the Simmons college center for the study of children’s literature in the year 1979 which lasted till the year 1985. He is also the co-founder of children’s literature New England and is still serving as its co-director. Furthermore, The National Children’s Book and Literacy Alliance includes him in their board of members.
Gregory Maguire loves scrutinizing the works in the field of arts. One day while visiting an art biennial, a showcased painting took his heart; he was mesmerized by the allure of the art and wanted to meet the artist. Few days later he met Andy Newman, the creator of the painting and fell in love with him. In the year 2004, they both got married to each other in Massachusetts and later adopted three children and stated that they are providing a stable environment to their family.
Writing career
Maguire as a professional writer started his work in 1978. His very first book “The Lightning Time” was published in the same year. He has written 15 books and 1 series of 7 books for children; out of these the “Missing Sisters” is the latest which was published in 2009. His series “Hamlet Chronicles” gained immense popularity among children. He then started writing for adults as well. He gave his heart out to the series “The Wicked Years” which was eulogized for its prodigious success. He wrote 4 more books keeping in mind the interest of the adult generation. The most recent book that he wrote for adults is “The Next Queen of Heaven” in 2010. Gregory also contributed in the short story segment in the world of writing by delivering many short stories like Scarecrow, Beyond the Fringe, In That country, Matchless: a Christmas story, etc. In the year 2009, he stepped into the non-fiction genre of writing and gave to the world a very agog book titled “Making Mischief: A Maurice Sendak Appreciation”.
Among all his works in the field of writing, his series “The Wicked Years” which constitutes 7 separate books in it gained massive popularity and is praised all over the world. Maguire being an open gay author contributed a lot in providing courage to people who are gay or lesbians to unveil and be proud of them. To highlight this issue he wrote “The Honorary Shepherds” in am I blue? : Coming Out From The Silence. He was also nominated for Locus Award for best fantasy novel of the year and has received many stared reviews for many of his books. His most famous series “Hamlet Chronicles” and “The Wicked Years” are so avid and vaunt that it would be unjust if the idea, concept and story line of the initial volumes of both the series won’t be described.
Seven Spiders Spinning
The very first book of the series: Seven Spiders Spinning is a very endearing and adorable story with excitement at its peak. Gregory Maguire has very smartly added to its captivating quality by annexing humorous content to it.
This is a story about seven Siberian spiders that ages ago got frozen. As Halloween was approaching the Tattletales girls club and the Copycats were wiping the floor where the spiders defrosted and saw the seven girls and gradually fell in love with them. They just wanted to be loved back and this desire of them lacked any ray of hope. Eventually, the more they grew, the furious they turned. All the seven girls were followed by these Siberian monsters putting everyone in their city in extreme danger. When one of the spiders bit Miss Earth, her students went in utter worry and did every possible thing to comfort her in pain. Later, both the boys and girls put their grudges aside and united to make every attempt to save their city. With their continuous efforts and forbearance they managed to get rid of the gigantic spiders and saved the planet.
This is a fun story and the characters themselves are the most interesting part of the story. They are portrayed as being one dimensional, haughty, conceited and snooty. Maguire’s way of showing the change in the children’s attitude in the story was very impressive and the story line in itself did wonders.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West
This story revolves around the main character of the book- The Wicked Witch of the West. The theme of the book is very draconian and is about one of the most hated fictional characters in literature. Maguire in his book has exhibited the life of a witch who is not as wicked as humans traduce about. Sometimes, people are not wicked, it’s the circumstances that turn them so. The readers are instigated to a variety of supposition throughout the story which a witch has to go through all along her life. Elphaba too was an abused child; she was addicted to medication, deprived of her mother’s love. During her days in college, she realized that there is a need to save this world from the hands of negative powers but all her efforts went to trash and at the end she was titled as the wicked witch of the west.
This book of Gregory was also made into a Broadway musical and was highly praised.
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