The latest addition to the Wicked Years series is a great addition to Elphaba's story, but fails to really stand on its own.

In the wake of the success of Wicked, on stage and screen, author Gregory Maguire, whose books were the inspiration for the ...

Gregory Maguire extends his fictional expansion of L. Frank Baum’s Oz, traveling back to the childhood of the antiheroic ...

Elphie” the fifth book in the Wicked Years series by Gregory Maguire, explores the earlier moments in Elphaba's life that led her to become the Wicked Witch of the West.

A Wicked Childhood" to stars Idina Menzel and Cynthia Erivo, as well as all other performers to play the role of Elphaba.

Fri, March 28, 2025 at 8:13 PM UTC The latest is Elphie, a prequel that takes fans to Elphaba’s early years. The book, which dropped earlier this week, is written by Gregory Maguire. Maguire ...

“Elphie: A Wicked Childhood,” out now from HarperCollins, is Maguire's eighth book in the "Wicked" universe, and this one tells the story of the titular green witch's youngest years. Many ...

Gregory Maguire on how he got back into Elphaba's head for new "Wicked" prequel and what it was like watching Cynthia Erivo ...

For fans, like me, looking to fill their “Wicked” obsession, “Elphie," the fifth book in the Wicked Years series, provides the perfect escape into the world of Oz, with a new look at Elphaba ...

For fans, like me, looking to fill their “Wicked” obsession, “Elphie,” the fifth book in the Wicked Years series, provides the perfect escape into the world of Oz, with a new look at ...

Instead, "Elphie" serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba's character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witched in literacy, theater and film. Making the novel one ...