WIZARD OF WICKED
An entertaining and thought-provoking speaker, Gregory Maguire is best known for rewriting fairy tales to highlight their intriguing moral questions. His best-seller, Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, turned the story of The Wizard of Oz inside out and is the origin of the Tony Award-winning musical. Maguire is also a national figure in children’s literature education and has written more than a dozen books for children. His lectures feature the voices of his characters and appeal to all ages.