Elphie by Gregory Maguire - ISBN: 9781035416394
Hardcover
Before Oz, a green girl’s journey to become iconic.

Elphie

the spellbinding prequel to WICKED, the bestselling book that inspired the movie

$48.36

  • Hardcover

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    24 June 2025

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Summary

Once upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born…

ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves.

Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold?

Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her s…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781035416394
ISBN-10:1035416395
Author:Gregory Maguire
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Headline Book Publishing
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:24 June 2025
Weight:490g
Dimensions:240mm x 160mm x 28mm
About The Author

Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked, the first novel in the Wicked Years quartet (which also included Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz), that was made into an award-winning musical. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. He has also served as an artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Hambridge Center. Gregory has lived in Dublin and London, but now makes his home near Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner, their two sons and daughter.

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