Creating the book cover for Gregory Maguire's The Brides of Maracoor
Artist Scott McKowen has illustrated several of the covers of Gregory Maguire's bestselling novels. For Maguire's follow-up to the iconic WICKED series on sale in October, McKowen took to the drawing board to design the cover and interiors for the new novel, THE BRIDES OF MARACOOR.
This was his process.
About The Brides of Maracoor:
25 years after the global sensation Wicked first flew into our lives, New York Times bestselling author Gregory Maguire’s first book in a new spin-off sequel series, Another Day, is landing on October 12, 2021: THE BRIDES OF MARACOOR. Featuring the brilliant imagination that made Wicked into the multimillion-copy-bestselling novel, Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, and cultural phenomenon we know today, THE BRIDES OF MARACOOR welcomes Elphaba’s granddaughter and a few familiar faces from Oz—all in a fantastically new setting filled with a new and compelling cast of characters. Gregory’s storytelling consistently inspires raves from critics who have found his novels “mystical and filled with wonder” (People Magazine), “inventive” (BuzzFeed), and imbued with a “fresh perspective” (Entertainment Weekly). In THE BRIDES OF MARACOOR, he combines all these elements and more to produce this highly anticipated and supremely entertaining read.
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Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of The Brides of Maracoor; A Wild Winter Swan; Hiddensee; After Alice; Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked—the beloved classic that is the basis for the blockbuster Tony Award–winning Broadway musical of the same name—Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family in New England and in France.
