The Wicked Years series
In this revisionist tale of the classic Wizard of Oz, social issues are at the core. The perspective of these stories is from the outsiders, those who are not heroes and have very real flaws.
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Gregory Maguire
Gregory Maguire is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Wicked, published in 1995, was his first novel for adults. It was adapted into a popular Broadway musical in 2003, which was later adapted into a two-part musical film series with the first film released in 2024 and the second film released in 2025. Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_Maguire
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