Alice Hoffman

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Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952 in New York City ) is an American writer .

Hoffman's work, previously a. a. 15 books for adults and six for children, is characterized by elements such as magic, irony and unusual love relationships and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

But despite these fantasy elements, there is no lack of realism in her work. For example, “At Risk” deals with the topic of AIDS and is required reading in many schools.

biography

Alice Hoffman grew up on Long Island .

After graduating from high school in 1969, Alice worked for a short time at Doubleday , but then decided to study.

So she enrolled at Adelphi University, where she received a BA. Shortly thereafter, she received a scholarship to the 'Creative Writing Center' at Stanford University , which she attended between 1973 and 1974 and where she finally received her MA.

During their studies, her mentor Alber J. Guerard and his wife Maclin Bocock Guerard , both well-known authors, helped publish a short story in Fiction magazine .

After the publication, the editor of American Review magazine Ted Solotaroff approached Alice because he was willing to reprint one of her stories. Not having an adequate disposal, she began to write and her first work, Property Of , was published in 1977.

To date, Alice Hoffman has written fifteen short stories, two books of short stories, six children's books and the screenplay for Independence Day (1983, with Kathleen Quinlan and Dianne Wiest ).

Some of her own books have also been made into films. The best known is probably the film Magic Sisters , with Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman in the lead roles, which is based on the book Practical Magic . Also The River King and aquamarine were filmed.

Alice Hoffman is married and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her husband and two sons .

bibliography

  • 1977 On the Back ( Property Of )
  • 1979 Ertrinkenstage ( The Drowning Season )
  • 1980 Half and All of Life ( Angel Landing )
  • 1982 Heartbreaker ( White Horses )
  • 1985 The First Child ( Fortune's Daughter )
  • 1987 Night of a Thousand Lights ( Illumination Night )
  • 1988 Where Are the Birds in the Rain ( At Risk )
  • 1990 Seventh Heaven ( Seventh Heaven )
  • 1992 Zaubermond ( Turtle Moon )
  • 1994 Wolfsnacht ( Second Nature )
  • 1995 Im Hexenhaus ( Practical Magic )
  • 1997 Here on earth ( Here on Earth )
  • 1999 Local Girls + Fireflies: A Winter's Tale Children's Book
  • 2000 The River King + Horsefly children's book
  • 2001 Aquamarine YA + The Blue Diary ( Blue Diary )
  • 2002 Indigo youth book
  • 2003 March children ( The Probable Future ) + Green Angel youth book
  • 2004 The House of blackbirds ( Blackbird House )
  • 2005 Die Eiskönigin ( The Ice Queen ) + daughter of the Amazone ( The Foretelling ) youth book
  • 2006 Incantation youth book
  • 2008 Engelskind ( Skylight Confessions ) + The Third Angel
  • 2009 The Story Sisters
  • 2010 Green Witch youth book
  • 2011 The Red Garden + The Dovekeepers
  • 2014 The Museum of Extraordinary Things
  • 2017 The Rules of Magic

Short story collections

  • 2003 Water Tales / Aquamarine & Indigo book for young people
  • 2004 Moondog (with Wolfe Martin) children's book

Awards

  • 1993 Hammett Prize for Turtle Moon (German Zaubermond . Goldmann, Munich 1992)

Film adaptations

script

  • 1983: Your Last Chance ( Independence Day ) - Director: Robert Mandel

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Remarks

  1. ↑ year of the award ceremony; the IACW / NA only records the year the book was published
personal data
SURNAME Hoffman, Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH March 16, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , USA