Alice Hoffman | |
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Born | New York City, U.S. | March 16, 1952
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Education | Valley Stream North High School Adelphi University (BA) Stanford University (MA) |
Period | 1977–present |
Genre | Magic realism, fantasy, historical fiction |
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alicehoffman |
Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) 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. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.