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Gregory Maguire ends his 'Another Day' trilogy with 'The Witch of Maracoor,' the final story in his 'Wicked' series. Read an excerpt.

From teenage dramas to murder mysteries, add these books to your reading list before you see its rendition on the big screen

Gregory Maguire turns his trademark wit and wisdom to an animal adventure about growing up, moving on, and finding community. In his latest, Cress Watercress, when Papa doesn’t return from a nocturnal honey-gathering expedition, Cress holds out hope, but her mother assumes the worst. Mama moves what’s left of the Watercress family to the basement unit of the Broken Arms, a run-down apartment oak with a suspect owl landlord, a nosy mouse super, a rowdy family of squirrels, and a pair of songb...

Bestselling author Gregory Maguire unveils the first volume in his new three-book series, “Brides of Maracoor,” Thursday, May 12, 6:30 p.m., South Burlington Public Library.

Gregory Maguire’s 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West inspired a billion-dollar Broadway musical, with a John M. Chu movie adaptation on the way. The author continued the story of Elphaba’s son and granddaughter in three more books, in the Wicked Years series, which ended in 2011. Read an excerpt of his new Wicked continuation The Brides of Maracoor, and an interview explaining why he finally returned to Oz.

The magazine of the science fiction, fantasy, and horror field with news, reviews, and author interviews