For me—and I think for most writers—you're a reader first a… - Alice Hoffman

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For me—and I think for most writers—you're a reader first and then it just happens. You so love it that you want to be part of it, and you start writing.

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Alice Hoffman (born March 16, 1952) 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. Many of her works fall into the genre of magic realism and contain elements of magic, irony, and non-standard romances and relationships.

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