Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, 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; Wicked transforms the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's 1900 book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation into the misunderstood green-skinned Elphaba Thropp. The blockbuster 2003 Broadway musical Wicked was inspired by Maguire's first novel for adults. Written by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, the musical is currently Broadway's fifth longest-running show (surpassing Les Misérables on October 28, 2019), and at its peak nine companies ran simultaneously around the world.
格萊葛利‧馬奎爾Gregory Maguire
1954年生於紐約，於塔夫斯大學修得英美文學博士學位，曾任西蒙斯學院兒童文學研究中心教授，創立新英格蘭兒童文學基金會，此外也是美國國家童書及識字素養聯盟的董事之一。馬奎爾的作品多取材自經典童話，為眾所週知的故事賦予革命性的新意。奇幻小說作品《女巫前傳》、《女巫之子》、《白雪公主外傳》及《迷途記》久踞《紐約時報》暢銷榜，銷售已逾百萬冊。
