The final instalment in this thrilling and compulsively readable saga in with the fate of Oz is decided at last. It's now a land knotted with social unrest: the Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who's knocking on the door. It's none other than Dorothy. Yes, that Dorothy.

The marvellous land of Oz is knotted with social unrest: The Emerald City is mounting an invasion of Munchkinland, Glinda is under house arrest, and the Cowardly Lion is on the run from the law. And look who's knocking at the door. It's none other than Dorothy. Yes, that Dorothy.
Amid all this chaos, Elphaba's granddaughter, the tiny green baby born at the close of Son of a Witch, has come of age. Now, Rain will take up her broom in an Oz wracked by war.
Out of Oz is a magical journey rife with revelations and reversals, reprisals and surprises - the hallmarks of the brilliant and unique imagination of Gregory Maguire.

Gregory Maguire is the bestselling author of eight fabulous novels, which have earned him rave reviews and a dedicated following. He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. Gregory has lived in Dublin and London, but now makes his home near Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner, their two sons and daughter.

Gregory Maguire: Gregory Maguire, geboren 1954, lebt in Boston, Massachusetts. Vor »Wicked« und »Son of a Witch« – der Fortsetzung von »Wicked« – hat er zahlreiche Kinder- und Jugendbücher geschrieben. Außerdem verfasst Maguire regelmäßig Rezensionen für die »New York Times Book Review«. Das Musical »Wicked« wurde mit drei »Tonys« ausgezeichnet.