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Practical magic and aquamarine were both bestselling books and hollywood movies. Authors with similar writing style to alice hoffman. Alice hoffman, nee en 16 mars 1952 a new york, aux etatsunis, est une romanciere. Alice hoffman is one of the mostloved writers of the century, with over 30 titles delighting readers of all ages across the globe. After graduating from high school in 1969, she attended adelphi university, from which she received a ba, and then received a mirrellees fellowship to the stanford university creative writing center, which she attended in 1973 and 74, receiving an ma in creative writing. In 1995, her famous novel practical magic have been selected as a film with the same name in the year. Alice hoffman has 79 books on goodreads with 1290975 ratings. Alice hoffman was born in new york city and grew up on long island.
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