Nessarose Thropp the Eminent Thropp of Munchkinland also known as the Wicked Witch of the East is a character from the 1995 book titled Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by author Gregory Maguire. The character also appears in musical Wicked. She is one of the antagonists of both the novel and musical, and L. Frank Baum's 1900 book, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.