Leaping Beauty

Gregory Maguire  is the #1  New York Times  bestselling author of the Wicked Years, a series that includes  Wicked— the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award– winning Broadway musical of the same name and the major motion picture— Son of a Witch,   A Lion Among Men, and  Out of Oz.   His series Another Day continues the story of Oz with  The Brides of Maracoor, The Oracle of Maracoor,   and  The Witch of Maracoor,   and his other novels include  A Wild Winter Swan, Hiddensee,   After Alice,   Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister,   Lost,   and  Mirror Mirror. Some of his novels for children include  Cress Watercress,   Leaping Beauty,   and  Egg & Spoon,   winner of a  Boston Globe– Horn Book  Award Honor.   He lives in New England and France.