L. Frank Baum 
Queen Zixi of Ix 

L. Frank Baum’s “Queen Zixi of Ix”, (1905) takes place in the lands of Noland and Ix, two regions adjacent to Oz. The fantasy novel tells the story of a magic cloak made by the fairies of the forest of Burzee that grants the wearer one wish. 683-year-old Queen Zixi who appears to be 16 to all, covets the cloak in order to reverse a curse which makes mirrors reflect her true age. Thought by its author to be his finest work, it was adapted into a silent film “The Magic Cloak of Oz” in 1914.

About the author

Lyman Frank Baum (1856 – 1919) was an American author, actor, and independent filmmaker best known as the creator, along with illustrator W. W. Denslow, of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, one of the most popular books in American children’s literature. He wrote thirteen Oz sequels, nine other fantasy novels, and scores of other works; 55 novels, 82 short stories, over 200 poems, an unknown number of scripts, as well as many miscellaneous writings.