Following the theatrical release of Wicked: For Good, Wicked author Gregory Maguire announced plans to release a Galinda prequel book next year.

According to Deadline, Maguire’s Wicked prequel, Galinda: A Charmed Childhood, will be released on Sept. 29, 2026. It is billed as a sister volume to Elphie: A Wicked Childhood, which follows the origins of Elphaba (aka the Wicked Witch of the West)/

The Galinda book will share the story of the girl “behind the bubbly, shallow cliché.”

“The youngest of four children in a high-born family down on their luck, Galinda is both pampered and ignored,” the synopsis reads. “Her natural grace promises to elevate her in the district dance competitions—but these efforts distract her from seeing the growing resentments of local merchants who disapprove of

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