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The toys can help in the battle.Mother Ginger? I doubt it!Never underestimate the value of a mother in wartime. She has the most to fight for.

Gregory Maguire

The toys can help in the battle.Mother Ginger? I doubt it!Never underestimate the value of a mother in wartime. She has the most to fight for.

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About Gregory Maguire

Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) 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.
Maguire is married to American painter Andy Newman, in one of the first same-sex marriages performed in the state of Massachusetts. They have three children.