Special Guest: Gregory Mcguire

Studio 360 | Feb 15, 2011

Kurt Andersen talks with Gregory Maguire, author of fairy tales for children and up-side-down fairy tales for adults.

Gregory Maguire wrote the novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, on which the hit musical was based. He is also the author of Mirror Mirror, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, Leaping Beauty and Other Animal Fairy Tales, and many other fairy tales for adults and children.

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