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Publishers Weekly calls Gregory Maguireâs Lost âa deftly written, compulsively readable modern-day ghost story.â Brilliantly weaving together the literary threads of J.M. Barrieâs Peter Pan, Charles Dickensâs A Christmas Carol, and the Jack the Ripper stories, the bestselling author of The Wicked Years canon creates a captivating fairy tale for the modern world. With Lost, Maguireâwho re-imagined a darker, more dangerous Oz, and inspired the creation of the Tony Award-winning Broadway blockbuster Wickedâdelivers a haunting tale of shadows and phantoms and things going bump in the night, confirming his reputation as âone of contemporary fictionâs most assured myth-makersâ (Kirkus Reviews).
Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wickedâthe beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Awardâwinning Broadway musical of the same name and the major motion pictureâSon 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 GlobeâHorn Book Award Honor. He lives in New England and France.