Order of the Phoenix (fictional organisation) name, Lupin, refers to the Latin word "lupus", which means wolf. Alastor "Mad-Eye" Moody is perhaps the most famous Auror in the modern times of the Wizarding World, single-handedly responsible for capturing numerous wizard criminals. He is also said never to have killed his quarry, even when permitted to do so, unless he had no other choice. Moody's face is badly scarred; he has lost several body parts while fighting Dark wizards, including his left eye, lower left leg, and part of his nose; and he is cautious – some characters might say paranoid – in that he refuses to
Rick Moody three songs with Tanya Donnely on her new Swan Song Series album. 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". 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. Moody is a co-host, along with One Ring Zero's Michael Hearst, for the 18:59 Podcast series. Moody has taught at Yale University, Princeton University, the State University of New York at Purchase and Bennington College,