Gregory Maguire

On the Monday before Thanksgiving, Candlewick Press and BookSense.com partnered to host an an online chat [6] with bestselling author Gregory Maguire. The chat gave fans an opportunity to ask Maguire about his newest title, What-the-Dickens: The Story of a Rogue Tooth Fairy [7], in stores now.

What-the-Dickens is a newly hatched orphan creature who finds he has an attraction to teeth and penchant for getting into trouble. One day he happens upon a feisty girl skibberee (tooth fairy) who is working as an Agent of Change (trading coins for teeth), and he learns that there is a dutiful tribe of skibbereen to which he hopes to belong.

[7]During the chat, which BookSense.com [8] stores had the option of featuring on their websites, participants asked Maguire about what happens to the characters following the conclusion of the book, what the chances are for a sequel, and whether he had a particular "soundtrack " in mind while writing What-the-Dickens. Maguire also offered fans insight about his beliefs regarding magic and fairies, his sources of inspiration, his favorite characters in What-the-Dickens, and more.

Read the full transcript [6] of the chat with Gregory Maguire on BookSense.com.