Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman is an American novelist and writer for young readers, known for magical realism, fairy-tale texture and family stories. Born in New York City in 1952 and raised on Long Island, she studied at Adelphi University and earned an MA in creative writing at Stanford. Her first novel, Property Of, appeared in 1977.

Practical Magic (1995) was adapted into a 1998 film and grew into the Practical Magic series, and Here on Earth was an Oprah's Book Club selection. Later novels include The Dovekeepers, The Museum of Extraordinary Things, The Marriage of Opposites, The World That We Knew and When We Flew Away. She lives near Boston.