Alice Hoffman

About

American author of young adult and children's fiction. She became famous for her 1996 novel, Practical Magic, which was later adapted into a film.

Before Fame

She studied creative writing at Stanford University.

Trivia

She wrote the screenplay for the 1983 film Independence Day.

Family Life

Born in New York City to a Russian-American family, she later married Tom Martin and had two sons.

Associated With

She is a literary contemporary of Hunger Games writer Suzanne Collins.