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Rick Moody

American fiction writer · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1961 · age 65

Hiram Frederick Moody III 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.

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Fernanda Pivano Award for American Literature2012
Guggenheim Fellowship

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Many of his works have been praised by fellow writers and critics alike.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 65

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In the same film or series as Rick

Bruce HarwoodAlso in Personal Effects (2009)Paolo CognettiAlso in Writing New York: Moody (2004)Jonathan AmesAlso in As Smart As They Are: The Author Project (2005)Courtney PeldonAlso in The Ice Storm (1997)Serge HoudeAlso in Personal Effects (2009)Robert WestenbergAlso in The Ice Storm (1997)