He taught at Simmons until 1986, when the children’s literature program foundered the following year he and other former Simmons faculty members organized Children’s Literature New England, a nonprofit organization that fostered the role of literature in children’s lives. in children’s literature from Simmons College in Boston in 1978-the same year that his first children’s book, The Lightning Time, was published. from the State University of New York at Albany in 1976.

Encouraged in his love of literature, he began writing at a young age. Almost all of his stories feature a character who has lost a parent. Although he grew up with a loving stepmother, the loss affected his writing profoundly.

Maguire’s mother died of complications from his birth. Gregory Maguire, in full Gregory Peter Maguire, (born June 9, 1954, Albany, New York, U.S.), American fantasy novelist known for his Wicked Years series, which included the best seller Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995).

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