Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name and went to spawn a media franchise. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.
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- Born in
- New York City
- Educated at
- Stanford UniversityAdelphi UniversityValley Stream North High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Hammett Prize
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1952
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