Who wrote The Book of Magic, the novel adapted for Practical Magic 2?

Alice Hoffman wrote The Book of Magic, the novel that provides the basis for Practical Magic 2.

Hoffman is an American novelist whose fiction often combines emotional realism with elements of magic, folklore, and family history. She published Practical Magic in 1995, creating the Owens family and the world later adapted for film.

The Book of Magic was published in 2021 as the fourth and final novel in the Practical Magic series. It brings the family’s long-running curse and magical heritage into a later-generation story, making it a natural source for a sequel centered on the Owens women.

Hoffman is not one of the film’s screenwriters. The movie screenplay was developed by film and television writers, while Hoffman’s role is as the author of the source novel and an executive producer on the film.