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I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

Alice Hoffman

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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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Fairy
Tales
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Feels
Love

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