Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West is a novel published in 1995 written by Gregory Maguire, it is a revisionist look at the land and characters of Oz from who, was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family?
L. Frank Baum Baum was born in Chittenango, New York in 1856 into a devout Methodist family. He had German, Scots-Irish, and English ancestry, and was the seventh of nine children of Cynthia Ann (née Stanton) and Benjamin Ward Baum, only five of whom survived into adulthood. "Lyman" was the name of his father's brother, but he always disliked it and preferred his middle name "Frank".
Mabel Madeline Southard Mabel Madeline Southard was born in Kansas on July 29, 1877, to James and Madeline Southard. Mabel attended Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas and Garrett Bible Institute. She was ordained as a Methodist Minister in 1925, and preached throughout the United States, the Philippines, and India. Mabel edited the journal of the American Association of Women Ministers, and wrote three books - "The White Slave Traffic versus the American Home", "The Attitude of Jesus toward Women", and "The Christian Message on Sex". Mabel died on September 19, 1967, in Kansas. Her papers are held at the Schlesinger Library.