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Ironically, now that my children are older and gone quite a bit, I find it harder to work when they're not around. Too much free time!

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Alice Hoffman
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: March 16
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
New York City
New York
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Ironically
Children
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