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Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman
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Alice Hoffman

Alice Hoffman was born in New York City in 1952 and grew up on Long Island. Hoffman’s first novel, Property Of, was written at the age of twenty-one. She has published a total of twenty-eight works of fiction. Her novel, Here on Earth, an Oprah Book Club choice. Practical Magic was made into a Warner film starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman. Hoffman’s work has been published in more than twenty translations and more than one hundred foreign editions. Hoffman is currently a visiting research scholar at the Women's Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. She lives in Boston.

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Practical Magic
Nov 22, 2012
Practical Magic is now available in Audio Download
Nov 06, 2012
Practical Magic will be released on November 06, 2012 in Audio Download
Nov 06, 2012
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The Dovekeepers
Apr 28, 2012
The Dovekeepers will be released on April 03, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
The Dovekeepers is now available in Trade Paperback
Apr 03, 2012
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Mar 01, 2012
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The Dovekeepers
Oct 04, 2011
The Dovekeepers will be released on October 04, 2011 in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
The Dovekeepers is now available in Hardcover, Compact Disk, eAudio, eBook
Oct 04, 2011
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Sep 23, 2011
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Greenwich Time, April 4, 2013
...will release on May 28. The writer would love to have a career like that of her idol Alice Hoffman, who has eluded being pigeonholed during a long and successful career. "She has written across genres and yet has kept her readership. She has been such...
FORA.tv, April 4, 2013
...(Christopher Castellani (moderator), Alice Hoffman, Tom Perrotta) Internationally best-selling writers Alice Hoffman and Tom Perrotta, authors of over thirty books between them, read from their recent fiction. After the reading, Grub Street artistic...
Elmhurst Patch, March 27, 2013
...a special book discussion connected to the museum's exhibit Open House: Art About Home. BlackBird House by Alice Hoffman Hoffman weaves an interconnected web of tales centered on one remote farm house in Cape Cod over the course of 200 years. The past...
Examiner.com, March 7, 2013
...read? "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Philippa Gregory. What are your favorite historical fiction novels? "The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffman, "The Welsh Trilogy" by Sharon Kay Penman, " The Crimson Petal and the White" by Michael Faber and anything by...
Boston Globe, March 7, 2013
...Johnny") reads at 7 p.m. at New England Mobile Book Fair, 82-84 Needham St., Newton Highlands … Alice Hoffman (“The Dovekeepers”) reads at 7:30pm at Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center, 333 Nahanton St., Newton WEDNESDAY: Kevin Cullen and...
Chicago Tribune, March 4, 2013
...and Mohja Kahf, author of "The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf." Up next "The Dove Keepers" by Alice Hoffman, "Major Pettigrew's Last Stand" by Helen Simonson and "Madam Secretary" by Madeleine Albright. Tell us about your favorite readers at...
Boston Globe, February 28, 2013
...reads at 6:30 p.m. at Langley-Adams Library, 185 Main St., Groveland … Sam Weller, Mort Castle, Alice Hoffman, Lee Martin, and John McNally(“Shadow Show: Tribute to Ray Bradbury”) read at 7 p.m. at Brookline Booksmith … Dick Lehr ("Whitey: The...
Eagle Valley Enterprise, January 16, 2013
...Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein, “The Help” by Kathryn Stockett, and “The Dovekeepers” by Alice Hoffman. To see a list of our complete selection, visit your nearest library and ask for a brochure, or visit our website at evld.org. ...
Register Star, January 15, 2013
...approved by the board. Board of Education members have remained silent on the investigation. On Monday, district tutor Alice Hoffman asked the board for answers to questions she posted to the board at a meeting last month regarding the investigation....
South End Patch, January 14, 2013
...Ten local authors will visit the South End Branch of the Boston Public Library this spring to speak about their work and connect with readers. new Embed | Share Photos (1) Photos Credit Sara Jacobi | Search Patch Archive ...
Inquirer and Mirror, January 10, 2013
...Photo by Nicole Harnishfeger "The Red Garden," by Alice Hoffman has been selected for this year's One Book One Island program...
PublishersWeekly.com, January 8, 2013
...also be readers? There are more than I can list, but here are my top six: Neil Gaiman, Alice Hoffman, Charlotte Bronte, Melissa Marr, Christina Rossetti, and of course Lewis Carroll. I think its beyond important for writers to read. Its necessary....
The Advocate, January 7, 2013
...Thursday, Jan. 10, at the Main branch, 20390 Iowa St. in Livingston. Members will discuss Illumination Night by Alice Hoffman. Sunny Side Up Inspirational Book Club will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Watson branch, 36581 Outback Road in Denham...
Jewish Times of South Jersey, January 4, 2013
...books: “In the Garden of Beasts” by Erik Larson, “Unbroken” by Laura Hillerbrand and “The Dove Keepers” by Alice Hoffman on Wednesday, Jan. 16. Elaine Small also will teach how to knit scarves. The cost, which includes lunch and wool, is $8...