The novel, titled &34;Galinda: A Charmed Childhood,&34; will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a &34;sister volume&34; to 2025's &34;Elphie: A Wicked Childhood.&34; Wicked author Gregory Maguire to publish Galinda prequel book The novel, titled &34;Galinda: A Charmed Childhood,&34; will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a &34;sister volume&34; to 2025's &34;Elphie: A Wicked Childhood.&34; By Wesley Stenzel :maxbytes(150000):stripicc()/WesleyStenzelauthorphoto32b61793a2784639af623f2ae091477e.jpg) Wesley Stenzel is a news writer at . He began writing for EW in 2022.

The novel, titled "Galinda: A Charmed Childhood," will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a "sister volume" to 2025's "Elphie: A Wicked Childhood."

Wicked author Gregory Maguire to publish Galinda prequel book

The novel, titled "Galinda: A Charmed Childhood," will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a "sister volume" to 2025's "Elphie: A Wicked Childhood."

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- Author Gregory Maguire is writing a *Wicked* prequel novel about Galinda titled *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood*.

- The book will chronicle the Good Witch's youth and serve as a "sister volume" to 2025's *Elphie: A Wicked Childhood*.

- *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood* hits shelves Sept. 29, 2026.

Let us be glad. Let us be grateful.

Gregory Maguire is picking up his emerald pen for another book in his *Wicked Years* series.

The author's next *Wicked* novel will be a prequel titled *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood. *Note the extra A in the sorceress' name, as the story will take place before she shortens her name as a tribute to Dr. Dillamond.

As the title suggests, the book will follow the future Good Witch of the North through her youth, when she was "both pampered and ignored" by her parents, according to an official description from HarperCollins. It will also feature "district dance competitions" amid a backdrop of "growing resentments of local merchants who disapprove of her family's business strategies."

The synopsis also implies that Galinda's father will play a prominent role in the novel, as the Upland patriarch "deftly pivots around the snares and nets laid for him by his competitors."

Scarlett Spears in 'Wicked: For Good'.

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*Wicked: For Good *briefly depicted Galinda's childhood at the beginning of the film. Scarlett Spears (*General Hospital*) played a young version of Ariana Grande's beloved character, who in her youth desperately wanted to impress her friends with magical deeds despite a lack of natural skills in the spells department.

Maguire's first *Wizard of Oz* retelling, 1995's *Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West,* served as the inspiration for the *Wicked* stage musical and films.

The novelist has cranked out eight more installments in his ever-expanding *Wicked* universe since the musical hit Broadway in 2003, including mainline volumes like 2005's *Son of a Witch* (about Elphaba's son, Liir), 2008's *A Lion Among Men* (about the Cowardly Lion, Brrr), and 2011's *Out of Oz* (about Elphaba's granddaughter, Rain).

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Maguire also released a short story collection titled *Tales Told in Oz* in 2012. Nine years later, he followed the main tetralogy with the *Another Day* sequel trilogy, composed of 2021's *The Brides of Maracoor*, 2022's *The Oracle of Maracoor*, and 2023's *The Witch of Maracoor*.

The author most recently expanded the *Wicked* world with another prequel, *Elphie: A Wicked Childhood*, which was released earlier this year. Like *Galinda: A Charmed Childhood*, *Elphie* pulled back the curtain on its titular witch's early years. *Galinda* is described as a "sister volume" to *Elphie* in HarperCollins' official description.

Jonathan Bailey as Fiyero and Ariana Grande as Glinda in 'Wicked: For Good'.

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*Wicked: For Good* adapted the second half of the *Wicked *Broadway musical, bringing the story of Elphaba and Glinda to a close — for now. Though we don't know *how* the *Wicked *franchise will live on in film form, Universal's chief marketing officer, Michael Moses, told Vulture that the studio expects to bring more Ozian adventures to the big screen in the future.

"Because of *Wicked*'s success but also the fanship, we have almost a responsibility to figure out how we can continue in this universe," Moses said. "Have we figured it out yet? No. But there are things underway."

*Galinda: A Charmed Childhood* will hit shelves on Sept. 29, 2026.

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