An Evening With Gregory Maguire

Today on Word of Mouth, author Gregory Maguire, the man behind Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, the best-selling book and the record-shattering Broadway play.

Wicked is part of a series of novels that looks behind the characters and accepted wisdom behind the enduring Wizard of Oz stories. Gregory Maguire traveled to Portsmouth, NH to join the "Writers on a New England Stage" series at The Music Hall.

He talked about A Lion Among Men, the third book in the Wicked series. It digs into the myths behind the cowardly lion who accompanied Dorothy on the yellow brick road. Click here for the full, unedited audio of the event.