“Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.”

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.