Gregory Maguire is the 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.