Alice Hoffman

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

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.

Early life and education

Alice Hoffman was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York. Her grandmother was Russian.[1] She graduated from high school in 1969, and then from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Arts. She was a Mirrielees Fellow at the Stanford University Creative Writing Center in 1973 and 1974, where she earned a Master of Arts in Creative Writing.[2]

Career

When Hoffman was twenty-one and studying at Stanford, her first short story, At The Drive-In, was published in Volume 3 of the literary magazine Fiction.[3] Editor Ted Solotaroff contacted her, and asked whether she had a novel. At that point, she began writing her first novel, Property Of. It was published in 1977, by Farrar Straus and Giroux, now a division of Macmillan Publishers. A section of Property Of was published in Solotaroff's literary magazine, American Review.

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

She was the recipient of a New Jersey Notable Book Award.[4] She won a Hammett Prize for Turtle Moon.[5] She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest.

Personal life

She resides in Boston. After being treated for breast cancer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, she helped establish the hospital's Hoffman Breast Center.[6]

Bibliography

Novels

Young adult novels

Middle grade books

Children's books

Short stories

Nonfiction

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Interview with Alice Hoffman
  2. ↑ "Alice Hoffman Bio". AliceHoffman.com. Alice Hoffman. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Published Authors List". Fiction. City College of New York. Retrieved 13 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "alice hoffman new jersey notable book award - Bing". www.bing.com. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hammett Prize". Crime For Dinner. 8 February 2015. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  6. ↑ The Hoffman Breast Center at Mount Auburn Hospital

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