Wicked: Memorias de Una Bruja (Edición de la Película) / Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (Movie Tie-In)

Years before Dorothy and her dog crash-land, another little girl makes her presence known in Oz. This girl, Elphaba, is born with emerald-green skin no easy burden in a land as mean and poor as Oz, where superstition and magic are not strong enough to explain or overcome the natural disasters of flood and famine. Still, Elphaba is smart, and by the time she enters Shiz University, she becomes a member of a charmed circle of Oz s most promising young citizens.

Gregory Maguire es un escritor estadounidense, autor de las novelas: Wicked: Memorias de una Bruja Mala, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, y otras muchas dirigidas tanto a un público infantil como adulto. Muchas de las novelas de este autor son revisiones de clásicos infantiles. Por ejemplo, en Wicked, transformó a la malvada bruja del Oeste de la novela de L. Frank Baum, El maravilloso mago de Oz, en la compasiva y verde Elphaba; mientras que en Mirror, Mirror, realiza una relectura de Blancanieves. Por su parte, Wicked, se convirtió en un musical de gran éxito en Broadway. Gregory Maguire cursó sus estudios universitarios en la Universidad del Estado de Nueva York en Albany y es doctor en Inglés y Literatura Americana por la Universidad Tufts.
Gregory Maguire is an American writer, author of the novels: Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and many others aimed at both children and adults. Many of this author's novels are revisions of children's classics. For example, in Wicked, he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, into the compassionate and green Elphaba; while in Mirror, Mirror, he reinterprets Snow White. Additionally, Wicked became a highly successful musical on Broadway. Gregory Maguire completed his university studies at the State University of New York at Albany and holds a Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Tufts University.