Alice Hoff­man is the high­ly acclaimed author of over twen­ty nov­els for read­ers of all ages, includ­ing The World That We Knew, Illu­mi­na­tion Night, Sev­enth Heav­en, Prac­ti­cal Mag­ic, Here on Earth, The Fore­telling, Incan­ta­tion, and, most recent­ly, The Sto­ry Sis­ters and The Red Gar­den. Her pre­vi­ous nov­els for Scholas­tic Press are Aqua­ma­rine, which was made into a major motion pic­ture, Indi­go, Green Witch, and Green Angel, which Pub­lish­ers Week­ly, in a boxed, starred review, called ​“aching­ly love­ly.” She lives out­side of Boston.