The Schwartz Scene Blog

Novelist Gregory Maguire has done it again. He has used his inventive genius to develop a new entry into the fantasy world of Oz, this time through the perspective of the Lion.

I met Gregory while working on my book Defying Gravity: Defying Gravity: the Creative Career of Stephen Schwartz, from Godspell to Wicked. I featured several of Gregory’s comments and photos in the book. For example, he provided a delightful story of what happened when he and Stephen Schwartz met about the rights for converting his novel into a musical.

I was fortunate to receive an endorsement from Gregory for the back cover of my book Defying Gravity:

“A wonderful read. And the Wicked section provides a comprehensive account of a thoroughly recondite and even mysterious event: the gestation and birth of a phenomenon.”–Gregory Maguire

Read all about Defying Gravity on http://www.defyinggravitythebook.com/

Gregory’s and my book tours almost intersect in NYC. His New York City event at Barnes and Noble at Lincoln Center is October 23rd, and mine is October 30th. He and I are planning something together in Boston later on but don’t have it organized just yet. My tour info (as currently developed) is at www.defyinggravitythebook.com - Events

MEET GREGORY:
GREGORY MAGUIRE TOUR FOR A LION AMONG MEN

Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Talk and signing with Gregory Maguire and Daniel Handler
07:30 PM
BOOKS INC
2275 Market ST San Francisco, CA 94114

NEW EVENT LISTING
Thursday, October 16, 2008
07:00 PM - 08:00 PM
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY
#302 7051 Clairemont Mesa Blvd San Diego, CA 92111
858.268.4747

Tuesday, October 21, 2008
06:30 PM - 09:15 PM
THE MUSIC HALL
104 Congress ST Portsmouth, NH 03801

Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Live on-stage interview: Maria Tatar and Gregory Maguire
06:00 PM
BRATTLE THEATRE
40 Brattle St Cambridge, MA 02138

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Discussion, Signing, Performances by Wicked cast members
05:00 PM
BARNES & NOBLE 2628/Lincoln Center
1972 Broadway New York, NY 10023

NEW EVENT LISTING
Sunday, October 26, 2008
12:30 PM - 02:00 PM
BOOKS OF WONDER
(between 5th & 6th) 18 W 18th ST New York, NY 10011
212-989-3270

NEW EVENT LISTING
Sunday, October 26, 2008
07:00 PM
92ND STREET Y TRIBECA
200 Hudson ST New York, NY 10013
(212) 343-3969
*With David Stone and cast members of Wicked

Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Discussion and Signing
07:30 PM
OUTWRITE BOOKS
991 Piedmont AVE Atlanta, GA 30309

NEW EVENT LISTING
Saturday, November 01, 2008
06:30 PM - 07:30 PM
POISONED PEN
4014 N Goldwater Blvd., Ste. Scottsdale, AZ 85251
(480) 947-2974

Monday, November 10, 2008
Discussion and signing
07:00 PM
BARNES AND NOBLE
1805 Walnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19103
215-665-0716

Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Discussion and signing 12:30 PM
BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC
150 N State St Chicago, IL 60601

NEW EVENT LISTING
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
08:00 PM
LEFT BANK BOOKS
At the Center for Creative Arts
524 Trinity Ave Saint Louis, MO 63130
314-367-6731

NEW EVENT LISTING
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
NORWICH BOOKSTORE
291 Main ST Norwich, VT 05055
802.649.1114

Sunday, December 07, 2008
03:00 PM
CONCORD BOOKSHOP
65 Main ST Concord, MA 01742
978-369-2405

ABOUT A LION AMONG MEN

From the publicity: “Since Wicked was first published in 1995, millions of readers have discovered Gregory Maguire’s fantastically encyclopedic Oz, a world filled with characters both familiar and new, darkly conceived and daringly reimagined. In the much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion—the once tiny cub defended by Elphaba in Wicked.”