Rick Moody

Biography

Hiram Frederick Moody III, born October 18, 1961, is a renowned American novelist and short story writer. His breakthrough novel, The Ice Storm (1994), chronicled the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, earning widespread acclaim and adaptation into a film. A graduate of Brown University and Columbia University's MFA program, Moody's works have been praised by fellow writers and critics alike, solidifying his reputation as a masterful storyteller.