Alice Hoffman
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born
March 16, 1952
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New York, New York, The United States
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Literature & Fiction
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Alice Hoffman was born in New York City on March 16, 1952 and grew up on Long Island. After graduating from high school in 1969, she attended Adelphi University, from which she received a BA, and then received a Mirrellees Fellowship to the Stanford University Creative Writing Center, which she attended in 1973 and 74, receiving an MA in creative writing. She currently lives in Boston and New York.
Hoffman’s first novel, PROPERTY OF, was written at the age of twenty-one, while she was studying at Stanford, and published shortly thereafter by Farrar Straus and Giroux. She credits her mentor, professor and writer Albert J. Guerard, and his wife, the writer Maclin Bocock Guerard, for helping her to publish her first short ...more
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Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.73 — 3,404 ratings — published 1995 19 editions |
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Here on Earth (Oprah's Book Club) by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.41 — 3,265 ratings — published 1997 23 editions |
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The Ice Queen: A Novel by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.43 — 2,091 ratings — published 2005 15 editions |
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The Probable Future by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.72 — 1,525 ratings — published 2003 19 editions |
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The River King by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.62 — 1,378 ratings — published 2000 21 editions |
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The Third Angel: A Novel by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.43 — 1,341 ratings — published 2008 5 editions |
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Blackbird House: A Novel by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.71 — 1,151 ratings — published 2004 11 editions |
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Turtle Moon by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.68 — 1,119 ratings — published 1992 16 editions |
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Skylight Confessions: A Novel by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.49 — 1,130 ratings — published 2007 11 editions |
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Blue Diary by Alice Hoffman avg rating 3.44 — 1,065 ratings — published 2001 23 editions |
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"Books may well be the only true magic."
— Alice Hoffman
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"Sometimes the right thing feels all wrong until it is over and done with."
— Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)
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"It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction."
— Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)
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— Alice Hoffman (Practical Magic)
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