Alice Hoffman

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Born

March 16, 1952 (age 73) • New York City • New York

Notable Works

“Angel Landing” • “Aquamarine” • “At Risk” • “Blackbird House” • “Fireflies” • “Illumination Night” • “Incantation” • “Practical Magic” • “Property Of” • “Seventh Heaven” • “The Book of Magic” • “The Dovekeepers” • “The Ice Queen” • “The Marriage of Opposites” • “The Museum of Extraordinary Things” • “The River King” • “The Rules of Magic” • “The Third Angel” • “The World That We Knew” • “Turtle Moon” • “White Horses”

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Esther Forbes

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Joseph Krumgold

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Elizabeth Coatsworth

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Frances Lockridge

American mystery writer

Susan Bogert Warner

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Lynd Ward

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Harold Keith

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Carol Ryrie Brink

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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

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A son of Salem

Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Alice Walker

Alice Walker

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Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich

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Toni Morrison

Toni Morrison

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Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen

American journalist and novelist

Gwendolyn Brooks

Gwendolyn Brooks

American poet and educator

James Patterson

James Patterson

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John Grisham

John Grisham

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Lois Lowry

Lois Lowry

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Judy Blume

Judy Blume

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