Rick MoodyRick Moody, novelist and short story writer, grew up in several Connecticut suburbs, where he later set stories and novels. He graduated from St. Paul's School in New Hampshire and Brown University, and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Colubia University in 1986.His memoir The Black Veil (2002) won the NAMI/Ken Book Award & the PEN/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. He is best known for his novel The Ice Storm (1994), was the basis for Ang Lee's Oscar-nom. film. Read More Read Less