Rick Moody

Rick Moody
Moody in Lyon, France - May 2009
Born	Hiram Frederick Moody III (1961-10-18) October 18, 1961 (age 62) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Novelist short story writer essayist composer professor
Education	St. Paul's School Brown University Columbia University (MFA)
Period	1992–present

Hiram Frederick Moody III (born October 18, 1961) is an American novelist and short story writer best known for the 1994 novel The Ice Storm, a chronicle of the dissolution of two suburban Connecticut families over Thanksgiving weekend in 1973, which brought him widespread acclaim, became a bestseller, and was made into the film The Ice Storm. Many of his works have been praised by fellow writers and critics alike.