Rick Moody is an American novelist and short story writer. His latest books are The Black Veil: A Memoir with Digressions (Little, Brown, 2002) and Demonology: Stories (Little, Brown, 2001). He is a past recipient of the Pushcart Press Editors’ Book Award, the Addison Metcalf Award, and a Guggenheim fellowship. He lives on Fishers’ Island, New York, and is on the core faculty of the Bennington Graduate Writing Seminars. (updated 5/2003)