It was a "Wicked" Girls night out...ok enough of the play on words. We were SO lucky that Gregory Maguire (best known as author for Wicked) happened to be close friends to the woman who ran the Chesapeake Library (which is 10 minutes from both Christine and I) and she called in a favor for him to do a book reading. Mr. Maguire flew in for the night from Massachusetts and did three readings from each of the books in the "Wicked Years" series. Afterwards he answered questions for 35 minutes and then signed books for 3 hours. He was hilarious, engaging, charismatic, and inspiring. It was fascinating to learn his thoughts behind creating Elphoba's name, how he brainstorms when he writes, and his advice for aspiring writers. Christine and I had an amazing time and are looking forward to reading the rest of his books.
It was a packed house!
I highly recommend his books on tape because he is hysterical reading his characters.
Reading from "A Lion among Men".
We met him! So kind to sign our books, have a short conversation, and sign our play bills.
SHWING! Yes I was the nerd who showed up in the Wicked T-shirt.
1 comment:
Man I am SO jealous!!! Glad to see you two had a wicked good time!
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