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A read copy, but remains in excellent condition.
"A delight....[A] funny and warmhearted exploration of the sacred and the profane."
--Washington Post
"Reading The Next Queen of Heaven is like hanging on to the back of an out-of-control carnival ride--terrifying, thrilling, a once-in-a-lifetime adventure."
--Ann Patchett
New York Times bestseller Gregory Maguire--who re-imagined the land of Oz and all its fabled inhabitants in his monumental series, The Wicked Years--brings us The Next Queen of Heaven, a wildly farcical and gloriously imaginative tall tale of faith, Catholic dogma, lust, and questionable miracles on the eve of Y2K. The very bizarre and hilarious goings on in the eccentric town of Thebes make for a delightfully mad reading experience--as The Next Queen of Heaven shows off the acclaimed author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Mirror Mirror in a brilliant new heavenly light.
Born in Albany, New York in 1954, Gregory Maguire is the author of novels and stories for children and adults. Many of his books, such as Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, are transformational retellings of familiar children's stories. Wicked is the basis for the long-running Broadway show and Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister was adapted into a television movie. Maguire earned his B.A. from the State University of New York at Albany and his Ph.D. in English and American literature from Tufts University, writing his dissertation about children's fantasy. In addition to fellowships and residencies, Maguire has been an artist in residence at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. He was a professor and associate director of the Center for the Study of Children's Literature at Simmons College and continues to be an advocate of children's literature. Maguire lives in Massachusetts.
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