Alice Hoffman: Quick Facts

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Born

March 16, 1952 (age 74) • New York City • New York

Notable Works

“Angel Landing” • “Aquamarine” • “At Risk” • “Blackbird House” • “Fireflies” • “Illumination Night” • “Incantation” • “Practical Magic” • “Property Of” • “Seventh Heaven” • “The Book of Magic” • “The Dovekeepers” • “The Ice Queen” • “The Marriage of Opposites” • “The Museum of Extraordinary Things” • “The River King” • “The Rules of Magic” • “The Third Angel” • “The World That We Knew” • “Turtle Moon” • “White Horses”

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Author Alice Hoffman reclines on a green sofa, smiling, with a light blue scarf draped over her shoulders and a closed laptop in front of her in a sunlit room.

Nicole Kidman as Gillian Owens and Sandra Bullock as Sally Owens stand over Goran Visnjic as Jimmy Angelov, who is lying on a table, in a scene from Practical Magic.

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