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Gregory Maguire


Born
in Albany, New York, The United States
June 09, 1954

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Gregory Maguire is an American author, whose novels are revisionist retellings of children's stories (such as L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into Wicked). He received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University, and his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany. He was a professor and co-director at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature from 1979-1985. In 1987 he co-founded Children's Literature New England (a non-profit educational charity).

Maguire has served as artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and the Hambidge Center. He lives in Concord, Massachusetts.

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“People who claim that they're evil are usually no worse than the rest of us... It's people who claim that they're good, or any way better than the rest of us, that you have to be wary of.”
Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Remember this: Nothing is written in the stars. Not these stars, nor any others. No one controls your destiny.”
Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

“Where I'm from, we believe in all sorts of things that aren't true... we call it history.”
Gregory Maguire, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

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For March 2016: Reimagined Fairytales We needed something different this month to sidestep the darker horror-like stories. We thought that fairytales would be a safe bet. So this month, we poll 5 different retellings / reimaginings of classic fairytales.

Since this is, apparently, a genre that authors love to put a dark spin on, I looked for stories that had romance theme in hopes of a lighter storyline. Hopefully we don't find ourselves in another horror novel by accident. *fingers crossed*

Voting will be from 2/7/16 until 2/20/16.

 
  4 votes, 50.0%

 
  1 vote, 12.5%

 
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  1 vote, 12.5%

Click Here if you don't care which book wins so that we can still see that everyone has seen the poll.
 
  1 vote, 12.5%

Alice in Wonderland: Splintered
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Splintered (Splintered, #1) by A.G. Howard
 
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