[PAR] [TLE] Wicked (Maguire novel) [SEP] Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire and illustrated by Douglas Smith.  It is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz from L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz", its sequels, and the 1939 film adaption "The Wizard of Oz".  Unlike the popular 1939 movie and Baum's writings, this novel is not directed at children, and contains adult language and content including violent imagery and sexual situations. [PAR] [TLE] L. Frank Baum [SEP] Baum was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family.  He had German, Scots-Irish, and English ancestry, and was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann (née Stanton) and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into adulthood.  "Lyman" was the name of his father's brother, but he always disliked it and preferred his middle name "Frank".
[PAR] [TLE] Wicked ( Maguire novel ) [ SEP ] Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire and illustrated by Douglas Smith . It is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz from L. Frank Baum 's 1900 novel " The Wonderful Wizard of Oz " , its sequels , and the 1939 film adaption " The Wizard of Oz " . Unlike the popular 1939 movie and Baum 's writings , this novel is not directed at children , and contains adult language and content including violent imagery and sexual situations . [PAR] [TLE] L. Frank Baum [ SEP ] Baum was born in Chittenango , New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family . He had German , Scots - Irish , and English ancestry , and was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann ( née Stanton ) and Benjamin Ward Baum , only five of whom survived into adulthood . " Lyman " was the name of his father 's brother , but he always disliked it and preferred his middle name " Frank " .
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire, it is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz from who, was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family?
Wicked : The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire , it is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz from who , was born in Chittenango , New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family ?
L. Frank Baum
L. Frank Baum