1. Alice Hoffman was born on March 16,1952 and 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.
10 Facts About Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman was born in New York City and raised on Long Island, New York.
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Alice Hoffman graduated from Valley Stream North High School in 1969, and then from Adelphi University with a Bachelor of Arts.
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Alice Hoffman 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.
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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.
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Alice Hoffman was the recipient of a New Jersey Notable Book Award for Ice Queen.
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Alice Hoffman wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day, starring Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest.
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In September 2019 Alice Hoffman released The World That We Knew based on a true story told to her by a fan at a book signing.
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For Scholastic Press, Alice Hoffman has written the young adult novels Indigo, Green Angel, and its sequel, Green Witch.
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In 2015, Alice Hoffman donated her archives to her alma mater, Adelphi University.