Less than a week after the theatrical release of Wicked: For Good , Glinda is officially getting her own spinoff. The beloved character is played by Ariana Grande-Butera in Wicked and Wicked: For Good . The second installment had a record-breaking box office debut, grossing $150 million domestically and $226 million worldwide.

Now, Harper Collins has announced that a novel titled Galinda: A Charmed Childhood by Gregory Maguire is being released on September 29, 2026. As the title indicates, the book will explore Galinda's childhood before she attended Shiz University, had her life forever changed after meeting Elphaba, and changed her name to Glinda.

The novel is also being described as a "sister volume" to the bestselling Elphie: A Wicked Childhood , a book about Elp

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