:Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York. Her grandmother was a Russian-Jewish immigrant.[http://www.goodreads.com/interviews/show/43.Alice_Hoffman/ Interview with Alice Hoffman][http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2008/06/02/profile-alice-hoffman/ "Profile: Alice Hoffman."] Musleah, Rahel. Hadassah Magazine. Published June–July 2008. Accessed January 5, 2017. She graduated from Valley Stream North High School{{cite news|last1=Fischler|first1=Marcelle|title=People Who Live in (Fictional) Glass Houses Populate a New Novel|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/07/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/07liarts|access-date=8 January 2018|work=New York Times|date=January 7, 2007}} 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.{{cite web|title=Alice Hoffman Bio|url=http://alicehoffman.com/|website=AliceHoffman.com|publisher=Alice Hoffman|access-date=13 August 2015}}

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.{{cite web |title=Published Authors List |url=http://www.fictioninc.com/authors/ |access-date=13 August 2015 |website=Fiction |publisher=City College of New York}} 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 for Ice Queen.{{cite web |url=http://www.njcenterforthebook.org/2005-new-jersey-notable-books-1995-2005/|title=2005: New Jersey Notable Books, 1995-2005 |publisher=New Jersey Center for the Book |access-date=21 October 2019}} She won a Hammett Prize for Turtle Moon.{{cite web|title=Hammett Prize|url=https://crimefordinner.wordpress.com/2015/02/08/hammett-prize/|website=Crime For Dinner|access-date=30 November 2016|date=8 February 2015}}

She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest.

In September 2019 Hoffman released The World That We Knew based on a true story told to her by a fan at a book signing. The woman confided to Hoffman that during World War 2, her Jewish parents had her live with non-Jewish people to escape the Nazis. These were known as "hidden children" and Hoffman thought about this woman and her unusual upbringing for years before deciding to travel to Europe and learn more.{{cite web |last1=Hewitt |first1=Chris |title=Write My Story: A Stranger's Please Inspired Alice Hoffman's New Novel |url=http://www.startribune.com/write-my-life-a-stranger-s-plea-inspired-alice-hoffman-s-new-novel/560814022/ |website=Star Tribune |access-date=25 September 2019}}

The third novel in her "Practical Magic" series, Magic Lessons, was released in October 2020. This prequel takes place in the 17th century and explores the life of Maria Owens, the family matriarch.{{Cite news|last=Lepucki|first=Edan|date=2020-10-06|title=When Witches Run in the Family|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/books/review/magic-lessons-alice-hoffman.html|access-date=2021-02-02|issn=0362-4331}}{{cite web |title=Alice Hoffman interview 2019 |url=https://www.bookbrowse.com/author_interviews/full/index.cfm/author_number/366/alice-hoffman |website=Book Browse |access-date=27 September 2019}}

For Scholastic Press, Hoffman has also written the young adult novels Indigo, Green Angel, and its sequel, Green Witch. With her son Wolfe Martin, she wrote the picture book Moondog.{{cite web |title=Alice Hoffman Biography |url=https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/alice-hoffman/ |website=Scholastic |access-date=27 September 2019}}

In 2015, Hoffman donated her archives to her alma mater, Adelphi University.{{Cite web|title=Adelphi University Acquires Literary Papers of Author and Alumna Alice Hoffman '73|url=https://www.adelphi.edu/news/adelphi-university-acquires-the-literary-papers-of-author-and-alumna-alice-hoffman-73/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=Adelphi University|language=en}}

Hoffman resides in Boston. After being treated for breast cancer at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, she helped establish the hospital's Hoffman Breast Center.{{Cite news|last=Hoffman|first=Alice|date=2000-08-14|title=WRITERS ON WRITING; Sustained By Fiction While Facing Life's Facts (Published 2000)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/14/books/writers-on-writing-sustained-by-fiction-while-facing-life-s-facts.html|access-date=2021-02-02|issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web|title=The Hoffman Breast Center - Cambridge, MA - Mount Auburn Hospital|url=https://www.mountauburnhospital.org/care-treatment/cancer-care/the-hoffman-breast-center/|access-date=2021-02-02|website=www.mountauburnhospital.org}}

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• Property Of (1977)
• The Drowning Season (1979)
• Angel Landing (1980)
• White Horses (1982)
• Fortune's Daughter (1985)
• Illumination Night (1987)
• At Risk (1988)
• Seventh Heaven (1990)
• Turtle Moon (1992)
• Second Nature (1994)
• Practical Magic (1995)
• Here on Earth (1997)
• Local Girls (1999)
• The River King (2000)
• Blue Diary (2001)
• The Probable Future (2003)
• Blackbird House (2004)
• The Ice Queen (2005)
• Skylight Confessions (2007)
• The Third Angel (2008)
• The Story Sisters (2009)
• The Red Garden (2011)
• The Dovekeepers (2011)
• The Museum of Extraordinary Things (2014)
• The Marriage of Opposites (2015)
• Faithful (2016)
• The Rules of Magic (2017) – prequel to Practical Magic
• The World That We Knew (2019)
• Magic Lessons (2020) - prequel to Practical Magic
• The Book of Magic (2021) - sequel to Practical Magic
• The Invisible Hour (2023)
• When We Flew Away (2024){{cite web | last=Franklin | first=Ruth | title=Book Review: ‘When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary,’ by Alice Hoffman | website=The New York Times | date=2024-10-18 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/18/books/review/alice-hoffman-when-we-flew-away-a-novel-of-anne-frank-before-the-diary.html | access-date=2024-10-20}}{{cite web | last=Miller | first=Kerri | last2=Gordon | first2=Kelly | title=Talking Volumes: Alice Hoffman on ’When We Flew Away’ | website=MPR News | date=2024-09-27 | url=https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2024/09/27/talking-volumes-alice-hoffman-on-when-we-flew-away | access-date=2024-10-20}}

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• Aquamarine (2001)
• Indigo (2002)
• Green Angel (2003)
• Water Tales: Aquamarine & Indigo (omnibus edition) (2003)
• The Foretelling (2005)
• Incantation (2006)
• Green Witch (sequel to Green Angel) (2010)
• Green Heart (omnibus of Green Angel & Green Witch) (2012)

• Nightbird (2015)

• Fireflies: A Winter's Tale (illustrated by Wayne McLoughlin) (1999)
• Horsefly (paintings by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher) (2000)
• Moondog (with Wolfe Martin; illustrated by Yumi Heo) (2004)

• Conjure (2014)

• Survival Lessons (2013)

• Independence Day (1983) (writer)
• Practical Magic (1998) (novel)
• Sudbury (2004) (novel)
• The River King (2005) (novel)
• Aquamarine (2006) (novel)
• The Dovekeepers (2014) (novel)

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• [http://www.alicehoffman.com/ Alice Hoffman's website]
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• [https://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/hoffman-alice Jewish Women's Archive page]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071012001614/http://www.victorialautman.com/ontherecord.shtml#hoffman Radio Interview on WFMT's Writers on the Record with Victoria Lautman]

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