Alice Hoffman
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| Alice Hoffman | |
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| Born | March 16, 1952 New York City, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer |
| Nationality | American |
| Writing period | 1977–present |
| Genres | Magic realism, fantasy, historical fiction |
| Official website | |
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.
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[edit] Biography
Born in New York City, and raised on Long Island, Hoffman graduated from Adelphi University, where she received her BA, and received an MA in creative writing from Stanford University, where she was an Edith Mirrielees Fellow. Her first job was at the Doubleday publishing house, which later published two of her novels.
She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest.
Hoffman currently lives in New York & Boston, with her husband. After being treated for breast cancer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, she helped establish the hospital's Hoffman Breast Center.[1]
[edit] Bibliography
[edit] 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 (1996)
- 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)
[edit] Young adult novels
- Aquamarine (2001)
- Indigo (2002)
- Green Angel (2003)
- Water Tales: Aquamarine & Indigo (omnibus edition) (2003)
- The Foretelling (2005)
- Incantation (2006)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Filmography
- Independence Day (1983) (writer)
- Practical Magic (1998) (novel)
- Sudbury (2004) (novel, Practical Magic)
- The River King (2005) (novel)
- Aquamarine (2006) (novel)
[edit] External links
- Alice Hoffman's website
- Alice Hoffman at the Internet Movie Database
- Radio Interview on WFMT's Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman
