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Cara Hoffman

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Goddard College gives writers a kind of freedom they can't get in any other program in the country, and the kind of close reading and objective inquiry you can't get doing it alone.

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Cara Hoffman

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Cara Hoffman graduated from Goddard’s low residency MFA in Creative Writing Program in 2009. Even before graduation her novel So Much Pretty had found an agent, and very shortly after graduation it found a major sale with Random House. Cara came to Goddard after a dedicated career as a journalist, and time spent as a guest lecturer at Cornell University and Tompkins Courtland Community College, where she now teaches. 

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Interview with Cara Hoffman

RP: Before we get into your time at Goddard, why don't you let us know what the current situation is with the book?

CH: I have just signed my contract with Shaye Areheart Books at Random House and the book finally has a title, So Much Pretty. In October Creative Artists picked up the manuscript for film and since then we've had a couple of requests from production companies for film and television. As far as the novel itself goes my editor Sarah Knight is currently line...

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