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About Alice Hoffman
American novelist and young-adult and children's writer
Alice Hoffman is an American novelist and writer of young-adult and children's fiction. She is best known for her 1995 novel Practical Magic. Her work often belongs to magic realism, blending everyday life with magic, irony, and unconventional romances and relationships. Practical Magic was adapted into a film in 1998 and later grew into a media franchise.
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- “Perhaps I was drawn to stories in which people found their true desires because I was a stranger to myself.”Alice Hoffman
- “From the time I could read, I found solace in my father's library...At the ages of ten and eleven and twelve…”Alice Hoffman
- “Certain things need not be said, and there’s nothing, not a whisper, prayer, not a sacrifice, not a payment o…”Alice Hoffman
- “Children would beg for a peppermint drop each time he walked into town, and they'd follow behind, asking for…”Alice Hoffman
More Language quotes
- “People love to talk about the things that are important to them, but oftentimes as a journalist, if you're en…”Lawrence Wright
- “I fell in love the moment I saw her in her grandfather's kitchen, her dark curls crashing over her Portuguese…”Dan Rhodes
- “The language of freedom-fighting was so co-opted by the baby boomers in order to express their now-hopelessly…”Romola Garai
Writing: more sayings
- “Film is the ultimate canvas, the elixir of art, and the magic of life.”A.D. Posey
- “Stories serve multiple purposes. At a basic level they are great entertainment, which is essential for living…”Dean F. Wilson
- “Here's what I want from a book, what I demand, what I pray for when I take up a novel and begin to read the f…”Pat Conroy
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Books by Alice Hoffman
The Ice Queen
2005
Practical Magic
1996
The probable future
2004
Skylight Confessions
2008
The river king
2002