Talk:Gregory Maguire

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Why is this article part of the wikiproject LGBT? Llamabr (talk) 04:25, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Because Maguire is gay. The project tags the articles of all biographies of LGBT people. Sorry I told, but you asked. -- AvatarMN (talk) 10:02, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, thanks. I didn't know that. (and it took me a minute to figure out you're talking about the infobox I made). Llamabr (talk) 16:55, 16 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What fourth book??? Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh.[edit]

The first paragraph of the article reads:

"Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954 in Albany, New York) is an American author. He is the author of the novels Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and many other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are revisionist retellings of classic children's stories: for example, in Wicked he transformed the Wicked Witch of the West from L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz into the sympathetic protagonist Elphaba. Wicked was turned into a hit Broadway musical of the same name. Maguire is currently working on a fourth book."

Except that it is entirely unclear what the last two words, "fourth book," refer to here!

IF one reads *much* further down and finds that Maguire is currently working on a fourth adult novel in the "The Wicked Years" family, then the words "fourth book" become clear. But that is not at all how clear writing is supposed to work.Daqu (talk) 16:32, 27 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Maguire's website points to this article![edit]

Just a heads-up for all future editors: Maguire's bio page on his own website links here. That's right; not only do we have BLP standards to meet, but we are recommended as a source by the subject of the article! All the more important to be mindful when editing. I'm working on getting a photo of Maguire RN. Just Another Cringy Username (talk) 02:36, 30 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]

"Daughter of the Moon"[edit]

As an adult, I first heard a bit of Maguire's book "Daughter of the Moon" read on an NPR radio program in the early 1980s, and got the book for myself to read. I loved it.

I am somehow surprised that it plays such a tiny role in this article.