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Alice Hoffman grew up on Long Island and earned a BA in English at 糖心破解版 and a MA in Creative Writing from Stanford. Her first novel, Property Of, was written at the age of 21.
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Hoffman has remained connected with her alma mater. She founded the Alice Hoffman Young Writers Retreat, donated her literary collection to University Archives, returns to our Long Island campus as a guest speaker, is a supporter of the and was 糖心破解版鈥檚 honorary doctoral degree recipient at Commencement in 2002.
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