Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman
Born	March 16, 1952 (1952-03-16) New York City, New York, United States
Occupation	Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer
Nationality	American
Period	1977–present
Genres	Magic realism, fantasy, historical fiction
Influences Brontë sisters
www.alicehoffman.com

Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer, best known for her 1996 novel Practical Magic, which was adapted for a 1998 film of the same name. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.

Early life and education

Alice Hoffman was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York. Her grandmother was Russian. She graduated from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She earned a Master of Arts degree in creative writing from Stanford University, where she was an Edith Mirrielees Fellow.

Career

Hoffman's first job was at Doubleday, which later published two of her novels.

She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest.

Hoffman is a Scholar at the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center.

Personal life

She and her husband reside in Boston. After being treated for breast cancer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, she helped establish the hospital's Hoffman Breast Center.

Bibliography

Novels

• Property Of (1977)
• The Drowning Season (1979)
• Angel Landing (1980)
• White Horses (1982)
• Fortune's Daughter (1985)
• Illumination Night (1987)
• At Risk (1988)
• Seventh Heaven (1990)
• Turtle Moon (1992)
• Second Nature (1994)
• Practical Magic (1995)
• Here on Earth (1997)
• Local Girls (1999)
• The River King" (2000)
• Blue Diary (2001)
• The Probable Future (2003)
• Blackbird House (2004)
• The Ice Queen (2005)
• Skylight Confessions (2007)
• The Third Angel (2008)
• The Story Sisters (2009)
• The Red Garden (2011)
• The Dovekeepers (2011)

Young adult novels

• Aquamarine (2001)
• Indigo (2002)
• Green Angel (2003)
• Water Tales: Aquamarine & Indigo (omnibus edition) (2003)
• The Foretelling (2005)
• Incantation (2006)
• Green Witch (2010)

Children's books

• Fireflies: A Winter's Tale (illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin) (1999)
• Horsefly (paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher) (2000)
• Moondog (with Wolfe Martin; illustrated by Yumi Heo) (2004)

Filmography

• Independence Day (1983) (writer)
• Practical Magic (1998) (novel)
• Sudbury (2004) (novel, Practical Magic)
• The River King (2005) (novel)
• Aquamarine (2006) (novel)

External links

• Alice Hoffman's website
• Alice Hoffman at the Internet Movie Database
• Alice Hoffman at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Radio Interview on WFMT's Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman