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Gregory Maguire

1954 - Today

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Gregory Maguire (born June 9, 1954) is an American novelist. He is the author of Wicked, Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister, and several dozen other novels for adults and children. Many of Maguire's adult novels are inspired by classic children's stories. Maguire published his first novel, The Lightning Time, in 1978. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Gregory Maguire is the 6,363rd most popular writer (up from 7,048th in 2024), the 11,781st most popular biography from United States (up from 16,060th in 2019) and the 854th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Gregory Maguire ranks 6,363 out of 7,302. Before him are Gregory S. Paul, Thomas Beatie, Róža Domašcyna, Robert Hughes, Helen Gurley Brown, and Reki Kawahara. After him are Jakob Jakobsen, Mikael Niemi, Isaac D'Israeli, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Angus Wilson, and Pavel Antokolsky.

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Among people born in 1954, Gregory Maguire ranks 569. Before him are Don Coscarelli, Gregory S. Paul, Ken Page, Hans-Günter Bruns, Umberto Guidoni, and Pavle Jurina. After him are Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Karl Schnabl, Marc Vann, Cindy McCain, Don Stark, and Jochen Schümann.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gregory Maguire ranks 11,783 out of 20,380. Before him are Jimmy Bryan (1926), Michael Pitt (1981), Perry Farrell (1959), John Shelby Spong (1931), Ward Kimball (1914), and Paul Pierce (1977). After him are Mike Dunleavy Jr. (1980), John Kiffmeyer (1969), Lil Pump (2000), Chloe Jones (1975), Rebecca Gayheart (1971), and Kevin DuBrow (1955).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Gregory Maguire ranks 854. Before him are George Alec Effinger (1947), Alvah Bessie (1904), Cynthia Ozick (1928), Gregory S. Paul (1954), Thomas Beatie (1974), and Helen Gurley Brown (1922). After him are Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), Martha Wells (1964), Tristan Taormino (1971), Richard Price (1949), Charles Olson (1910), and S. E. Hinton (1948).

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