The book expands the “Wicked” universe and reflects on Elphaba’s life between the ages of 2-16. The idea of the new book comes from parts of the 1995 original that had to be removed for ...

Many scenes of Elphaba's childhood were among the cuts in Maguire’s “hefty brick of manuscript pages” when the book was first published in 1995, he tells USA TODAY. This prequel fills in ...

From her struggles with familiar jealousy, her thirst for knowledge and her encounters with the marginalized talking animals of Oz, “Elphie” explores the moments in Elphaba’s life that ...

For fans, like me, looking to fill their “Wicked” obsession, “Elphie," the fifth book in the Wicked Years series, provides the perfect escape into the world of Oz, with a new look at Elphaba ...