Rick Moody

Quick Facts

Full Name	Rick Moody
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Oct 18, 1961(1961-10-18)
Age	63
Birthplace	New York
Country	United States
Horoscope	Libra

Rick Moody Biography

Rick Moody is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on October 18, 1961 in New York, United States. He is an American short story writer and novelist. His most famous works are Garden State and The Ice Storm. The Pushcart Press Editors’ Book Award was given to the former and the film adaptation of the latter.

The Ice Storm, his 1994 novel, was made into a movie starring TobeyMaguire.

When asked by the New York Times Book Review what he thought was the best book of American fiction from 1975 to 2000, Moody chose Grace Paley’s The Collected Stories.

He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University in 1986; nearly two decades later he would criticize the program in an essay in The Atlantic Monthly. Soon after finishing his thesis, he checked himself into a mental hospital for alcoholism. Once sober and while working for Farrar, Straus and Giroux, he wrote his first novel, 1992’s Garden State, about young people growing up in the industrial wasteland of northern New Jersey, where he was living at the time. In his introduction to the 1997 reprint of the novel, he called it the most “naked” thing he has written. Garden State won the Pushcart Editor’s Choice Award.

He was born in New York City and grew up mostly in Connecticut. He had one child with his wife.

Rick Moody Net Worth

Rick Moody is one of the richest Novelist from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Rick Moody 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Columbia University awarded him a Master in Fine Arts degree.

His memoir, The Black Veil won the PEN/Martha Albrand Award.

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, and in 1999 The New Yorker chose him as one of America’s most talented young writers, placing him on their “20 Writers for the 21st Century” list.

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In 2001, Rick Moody co-founded the New York Public Library’s Young Lions Fiction Award with Ethan Hawke, Hannah McFarland, and Jennifer Rudolph Walsh.

Facts & Trivia

Rick Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Rick Moody celebrates birthday on October 18 of every year.

The Review of Contemporary Fiction, in their June 2003 issue, says of Moody’s writing:

How old is Rick Moody?

60 years (October 18, 1961)

Are writers Moody?

Writers are probably moodier than most people , particularly comedians, ballroom dancers, and children under five. We are certainly less moody than prisoners, homeless people, and cab drivers. The leading indicator in the 2020 poll seems to be “isolation.” Apparently, most people think isolation is a bad thing.

Who wrote the ice storm?

Rick Moody

What is the personality of a writer?

Most often, writers are stereotyped as being quiet, introspective, thoughtful, and observant. Introverts are the kind of people who thrive on being alone, who feel the rise of creative energy when they are not distracted from their own inner voices.

Is the ice storm based on a true story?

But I wanted to be free of Connecticut right when I began the book, and I had no idea a film would come of it at that time. Though the film is only somewhat autobiographical , what was your experience seeing this world brought to life—especially since they were able to film in New Canaan?