Alice Hoffman

American novelist, young-adult writer, children's writer (born 1952)

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74
Born 1952
Known for
Practical Magic
1998

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Updated 2026-06-11

Alice Hoffman 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 and went on to spawn a media franchise. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.