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There are the five Gregory Maguire books that launched the "Wicked" phenomenon ... an expedition to the underground realm of The Nome King. Among the oddballs she meets along the way: Tiktok ...

Like King Arthur. Until T ... I’ve written another 25 books after Wicked, and the fact that I had one giant, colossal, explosive success doesn’t change the impulse that I have in my heart ...