Gregory Maguire, best known as the author of the bestselling novel Wicked on which the blockbuster musical of the same name is based, has also spent his career working on behalf of children and their books as a critic, lecturer, school teacher, reviewer, commentator, and children's book author. He has served on numerous award committees for children's work.
"At once a serious survey of Maurice Sendak's antecedents and a playful accounting of his preoccupations and themes, Making Mischief, in its subject and in its form, is a joyful, loving, intelligent celebration of that rare and wonderful thing: originality." -- Tony Kushner"Erudite and imaginative. . . . Maguire's appreciation is rooted in his subject's own appreciation of such artists as Randolph Caldecott, William Blake, Phillip Otto Runge, Winsor McCay, and a host of others. [A] beautifully conceived, gracefully written, and lovingly considered tribute." -- Booklist (starred review)"Refreshing. . . . Maguire arranges a bounty of favorite or rare illustrations into five playful and accessible essays. This fitting and witty homage gives ample evidence for Maguire's contention that 'the word genius isn't grade inflation.'" -- Publishers Weekly
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