Carl Hiaasen
Author of Hoot
About the Author
Carl Hiaasen was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on March 12, 1953. He received a degree in journalism from the University of Florida in 1974. He has been a reporter and columnist for the Miami Herald since 1976, and is known for exposing scandal and corruption throughout southern Florida. He has show more received numerous state and national honors for his journalism and commentary including the Damon Runyon Award from the Denver Press Club. His work has also appeared in numerous magazines including Sports Illustrated, Playboy, Time, Life, Esquire and Gourmet. His best-selling novels include Double Whammy, Skin Tight, Native Tongue, Stormy Weather, Lucky You, Sick Puppy, Basket Case, Nature Girl and Razor Girl. His 1993 novel, Striptease, was adapted as a film in 1996 starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds. He also writes children's books including Hoot, which was awarded a Newbery Honor; Flush; and Scat. Hoot was adapted into a film in 2006. His non-fiction works include Team Rodent; The Downhill Lie: A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport; and two collections of his newspaper columns entitled Kick Ass and Paradise Screwed. In 2013 his titles Chomp and Bad Monkey made The New York Times bestseller list. In 2014, his non-fiction title Dance of the Reptiles made it to the New York Times bestseller list. Skink - No Surrender made the New York Times bestseller list in 2014. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by Carl Hiaasen
Dance of the Reptiles: Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities, and Tar-Balled… (2014) 113 copies
Still life 3 copies
Lucky You / Nature Girl / Skinny Dip 2 copies
Strip Tease - Recorded Books 1 copy
Double Whammy, Star Island 1 copy
Nature Girl [Abridged] 1 copy
The Striptease 1 copy
Sick Puppy / Skinny Dip 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Hiaasen, Carl
- Birthdate
- 1953-03-12
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
- Places of residence
- Florida Keys, Florida, USA
Plantation, Florida, USA - Education
- University of Florida (Journalism|1974)
Emory University - Occupations
- columnist (Miami Herald)
reporter
novelist - Relationships
- Hiaasen, Rob (brother)
- Organizations
- The Miami Herald
- Awards and honors
- Damon Runyon Award (2003-2004)
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Statistics
- Works
- 73
- Also by
- 12
- Members
- 55,152
- Popularity
- #271
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 1,592
- ISBNs
- 869
- Languages
- 17
- Favorited
- 194