‘Elphie’ Review: One Future Witch, Not So Wicked Gregory Maguire extends his fictional expansion of L. Frank Baum’s Oz, traveling back to the childhood of the antiheroic witch Elphaba.

Elphie: A Wicked Childhood is certainly worth reading for diehard fans of the series (like myself), but the Elphaba prequel struggles because it doesn't really know where it belongs — which is ...

If you breeze through Elphie, there are plenty of other books worth reading. We found the best Wicked-themed books — from collector’s items to memoirs written by the original Broadway cast ...

Instead, “Elphie” serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba’s character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witches in literacy, theater and film.

Gregory Maguire extends his fictional expansion of L. Frank Baum’s Oz, traveling back to the childhood of the antiheroic witch Elphaba.

Was the Wicked Witch of the West born wicked or did she have wickedness thrust upon her? Maybe what appears as wickedness began in the witch’s childhood. That’s what Massachusetts Author ...

If you breeze through Elphie, there are plenty of other books worth reading. We found the best Wicked-themed books — from collector’s items to memoirs written by the original Broadway cast ...

Instead, "Elphie" serves as a psychological backstory to understand Elphaba's character, explaining what made her one of the most iconic witched in literacy, theater and film.

Maybe what appears as wickedness began in the witch’s childhood. That’s what Massachusetts Author Gregory Maguire explores in his new book, “Elphie”, which was released Tuesday.