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And there the wicked witch stayed for a long long time.' Did she ever come out?' Not yet.

Gregory Maguire

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Gregory Maguire
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: June 9
Novelist
Writer
Albany
New York
Ever
Come
Long
Time
Witch
Stayed
Wicked

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