Alice Hoffman
Alice Hoffman was born in New York City, New York, United States on March 16th, 1952 and is the Young Adult Author. At the age of 72, Alice Hoffman biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) is an American novelist and young-adult and children's writer best known for her 1995 book Practical Magic, which was based on a 1998 film of the same name.
Many of her books fall into the category of magic realism, and they include elements of humour, 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 a Russian-Jewish immigrant. She graduated from Valley Stream North High School in 1969 and then Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Arts degree. She worked at the Stanford University Creative Writing Center in 1973 and 1974, where she obtained a Master of Arts in Creative Writing.
Personal life
She lives in Boston. She helped establish the hospital's Hoffman Breast Center after being treated for breast cancer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge.
Career
In Volume 3 of the literary journal Fiction, Hoffman was twenty-one and attending Stanford's first short story, At The Drive-In. Ted Solotaroff, editor, contacted her and asked if she had a novel. At this time, she began writing Property Of, her first book. Farrar Straus and Giroux, then Farrar Straus and Giroux, a Macmillan Publishers subsidiary, first appeared in 1977. In Solotaroff's literary journal, American Review, a portion of Property Of was published.
Hoffman's first job was at Doubleday, which later published two of her books.
She was the recipient of a New Jersey Notable Book Award for Ice Queen. She was selected for the Turtle Moon by a Hammett Award. She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest.
In September 2019, Hoffman published The World That We Knew, based on a true tale told to her by a fan at a book signing. During World War II, the woman told Hoffman that her Jewish parents had her live with non-Jewish people to escape the Nazis. These were described as "hidden children" and Hoffman pondered about her and her unusual upbringing for years before deciding to go to Europe and learn more.
Magic Lessons' third book in her "Practical Magic" series was published in October 2020. Maria Owens, the family patriarch, is the subject of this prequel set in the 17th century.
Hoffman has also written Indigo, Green Angel, and its sequel, Green Witch for Scholastic Press. She wrote the picture book Moondog with her son Wolfe Martin.
Hoffman donated her archives to Adelphi University, her alma mater, in 2015.