Gregory Maguire's new Wicked prequel book Elphie expands on Elphaba's tragic relationship with the flying monkeys.

Elphaba has already proven how she was misunderstood in Wicked, but the new prequel novel adds even more context to actions that were taken for evil.

When on stage and in the movie, Elphaba defies gravity and uses her power of magic to fly on her broomstick and sings, “And if I’m flying ... of the Wicked Witch of the West continues in ...

before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles with familiar jealousy, her thirst for knowledge and her encounters with the marginalized talking animals of Oz ...

Most of Margaret Hamilton's scenes as the Wicked Witch were cut from the ... Maguire's Wicked (and its subsequent musical), the Wicked Witch of the West is one of the baddest villains of them ...

before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles with familiar jealousy, her thirst for knowledge and her encounters with the marginalized talking animals of Oz ...

Elphaba Thropp is best known as the all-singing, all-dancing, not-always-wicked Witch of the West in the musical adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s novel “Wicked” (1995). Those familiar only ...

This book cover image released by William Morrow shows "Elphie: A Wicked Childhood" by Gregory Maguire. (William Morrow via AP) ...

before she was known as the Wicked Witch of the West. From her struggles with familiar jealousy, her thirst for knowledge and her encounters with the marginalized talking animals of Oz ...