A conversation with author Gregory Maguire

    Hour 2

    gregoryThe Broadway hit musical Wicked was based on GREGORY MAGUIRE’S novel of the same name. He’s written many other books some of which are revisionist retellings of classic children’s stories including, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and his most recent, Matchless, an updated version of Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Match Girl. His other new book, Making Mischief, is a tribute too the work of Maurice Sendak. He’s here to talk about his life, his novels and his commitment to children’s literacy.
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