Gregory Maguire: The World at Hand, The World Next Door
We invite you to Gregory Maguire, The World at Hand, The World Next Door, a lecture by Gregrory Maguire on Thursday, November 14 at 7pm in the lower level of Lillian H. Smith Branch. Presented by the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books, this is the 32nd Annual Helen E. Stubbs Memorial Lecture.
Maguire, best known for his novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, and Boston Globe-Horn Book Book Honor winner for Egg & Spoon (under option by Universal Studios), will speak about the power of literary fantasy in his childhood reading and in his work as a novelist for children and adults.
It's free! All are welcome!
About Gregory Maguire
Maguire’s novels are listed regularly on the New York Times and national bestseller lists. A celebrated children’s book critic and reviewer, Maguire also helped found and co-direct Children’s Literature New England, an organization dedicated to raising awareness of the significance of literature in the lives of children.
Maguire has a BA in English and Art from the State University of New York at Albany, an MA in Children's Literature from Simmons College, and a PhD in English and American Literature from Tufts University (his thesis was on English-language fantasy for children written between 1938 and 1988). From 1979 to 1986, he taught and co-directed at the Simmons College Center for the Study of Children's Literature.
Born and raised in Albany, New York, Maguire has resided in Dublin and London, and currently lives in the greater Boston area with his husband, painter Andy Newman, with whom he adopted five children.
A Selection of Critical Works Written and/or Edited by Gregory Maguire
A Selection of His Work for Children
Titles for Adults
Many of Maguire’s adult novels are inspired by children’s classics, such as his best known, Wicked, the first in a series of books based on L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful World of Oz. It was adapted as a hit Broadway musical in 2003.
Other works include Hiddensee (inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s The Nutcracker and the Mouse-King) and After Alice (based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland).
Hope to see you there!
With thanks to Martha Scott.
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