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Profile of Rick Moody
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Rick Moody (born Hiram Frederick Moody III October 18, 1961 in New York City), is an American novelist and short story writer best known for The Ice Storm (1994), a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973.
He grew up in several of the Connecticut suburbs where he later set stories and novels, including Darien and New Canaan. He graduated from St. Paul's School in New Hampshire, Brown University, received a master's degree in fine art from Columbia University and has taught at the State University of New York at Purchase. He lives in Brooklyn and Fishers Island.
Works
- Garden State: A Novel (1992)
- The Ice Storm: A Novel (1994)
- Ring of the Brightest Angels Around Heaven: A Novella and Stories (1995)
- Purple America: A Novel (1997)
- Joyful Noise: The New Testament Revisited (1997), co-edited with Darcey Steinke
- Demonology: Stories (2001)
- The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions (2002)
- The Diviners: A Novel (2005)
External Links
- Audio of Rick Moody reading excerpts from his works
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