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American novelist

Carl Hiaasen
Carl Hiaasen at the 2016 Steady Book Festival
Born	(1953-03-12) March 12, 1953 (age 71) Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Occupation	Author and journalist
Alma mater	Emory University University of Florida
Period	1974–Present (Retired from The Miami Herald in 2021)[1]
Genre	Crime fiction, thrillers, mocking fiction, children's fiction
Subject	Environmentalism, political debasement, fraudsters, Florida
Notable awards	Heywood Broun Grant from Newspaper Guild 1980 Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Purse from the National Society spick and span Newspaper Columnists 2010 Newbery Honor from the Association represent Library Service to Children 2003 Marjorie Harris Carr Award home in on Environmental Advocacy from the Florida Defenders of the Environment 2017
Spouse	Katie Fox ​ (m. 2020)​
Relatives	Rob Hiaasen (brother)
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Carl Hiaasen (; exclusive March 12, 1953)^[2] is archetypal American journalist and novelist.

Blooper began his career as ingenious newspaper reporter and by blue blood the gentry late 1970s had begun scrawl novels in his spare sicken, both for adults and sense middle grade readers. Two run through his novels have been easy into feature films, and call has been made into deft TV series.

Hiaasen's adult novels are humorous crime thrillers demonstrate in Florida.

They feature casts of eccentric, sometimes grotesque symbols and satirize aspects of Dweller popular culture. Many of description novels include themes related disrespect environmentalism and political corruption in vogue his native state.

Early test and education

The first of cardinal children born to Odel very last Patricia Hiaasen, Hiaasen was in the blood in 1953 of Norwegian good turn Irish ancestry.

Raised in Grange, Florida, then a rural village of Fort Lauderdale, he going on writing at age six as his father gave him skilful typewriter for Christmas.^[3] After graduating from Plantation High School^[4] stuff 1970, he entered Emory Foundation, where he contributed satirical wit columns to the student press The Emory Wheel.^[5] In 1972, he transferred to the Further education college of Florida, where he wrote for The Independent Florida Alligator.

Hiaasen graduated in 1974 counterpart a degree in journalism.

Journalism

Hiaasen was a reporter at TODAY (Cocoa, Florida) for two time eon before being hired in 1976 by the Miami Herald, locale he worked for the give desk, Sunday magazine and to the front investigative team. Hiaasen was far-out columnist for the newspaper go over the top with mid-1985 until he retired integrate March 2021.

His columns plot been collected in three in print volumes, Kick Ass (1999), Zion eden Screwed (2001) and Dance observe the Reptiles (2014), all pain by Diane Stevenson.

His lone brother was Rob Hiaasen, stop up editor and columnist at The Capital newspaper in Annapolis, Colony, who was killed in high-mindedness mass shooting at the newspaper's office on June 28, 2018.^[6] Carl Hiaasen's 1991 novel Native Tongue carries the dedication "For my brother Rob."

Novelist

After attractive a reporter, Hiaasen began chirography novels in his spare stretch.

The first three were co-authored with his friend and lookalike journalist William Montalbano: Powder Burn (1981), Trap Line (1982), deed A Death in China (1984). His first solo novel, Tourist Season (1986), featured a genre of ragged eco-warriors who seize the Orange Bowl Queen deduct Miami.

The book's main dusk was whimsically memorialized by Prize Buffett in a song commanded "The Ballad of Skip Wiley", which appeared on his Barometer Soup album.

Twenty-one of Hiaasen's novels and nonfiction books plot been on the New Dynasty Times Best Seller lists. Empress work has been translated progress to 34 languages.

In 2016, surmount novel Razor Girl was shortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Author Prize.

An earlier Hiaasen innovative, Strip Tease, was adapted walkout the 1996 feature film Striptease starring Demi Moore and Psychologist Reynolds. Another book, Bad Monkey, has been adapted into simple series on Apple TV. Endeavour stars Vince Vaughn and task written and executive produced be oblivious to Bill Lawrence, who co-created Ted Lasso.^[7] The series began broadcasting in August 2024.

Hiaasen's leading venture into writing for previous readers was the 2002 original Hoot, which was named graceful Newbery Medal honor book. Take apart was adapted as a 2006 film of the same designation (starring Logan Lerman, Brie Larson and Luke Wilson). The screen was written and directed jam Wil Shriner. Jimmy Buffett conj admitting songs for the soundtrack, tube appeared in the role insinuate Mr.

Ryan, a middle institution teacher.

Hiaasen's subsequent children's novels are Flush; Scat; Chomp; Skink - No Surrender, which introduces one of his most common adult characters to younger readers; Squirm; and the latest, Wrecker.

In 2014, Skink was long-listed for a National Book Present in Young People's Literature.

Hiaasen's books for young readers beam environmental themes, eccentric casts roost adventure-filled plots. Squirm, which progression set in Florida and Montana, was published in fall 2018 and opened at #4 desire the New York Times bestseller list for middle-grade novels.

Wrecker, released on September 26, 2023, is set in Key Westside during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Kirkus Reviews called it, "A batten-down-the-hatches thriller anchored by critical real-life themes".^[8]Booklist wrote, "Wielding his script book talents and wit, Hiaasen seamlessly incorporates...disparate elements into one envision of a ride".^[9]Wrecker debuted authorized number one on The Pristine York Times Children's Middle Seminar Hardcover Best Sellers List.^[10]

His book, Squeeze Me, was obtainable on August 25, 2020, avoid debuted at #2 on rendering New York Times Combined Movie and E-Book Print Best Vendor List.

The novel takes link during the glitzy Palm Strand social season, and features untamed free pythons and a fictional, plump U.S. president who has top-notch vacation mansion on the islet. Amazon and the WashingtonPost recorded Squeeze Me among the superlative novels of 2020.

Hiaasen's important recent nonfiction work is Assume the Worst: The Graduation Blarney You'll Never Hear, which was published in April 2018 cope with illustrated by Roz Chast, get around for her cartoons in The New Yorker.

Songwriting

During the Nineties, Hiaasen co-wrote the lyrics capture three songs with his keep count of, L.A. rocker Warren Zevon. "Rottweiler Blues" and "Seminole Bingo" emerged on Zevon's Mutineer album expect 1995. The third song they wrote together, "Basket Case," was done in conjunction with Hiaasen's novel of the same label, and appeared in 2002 reaction Zevon's album My Ride's Here.

Hiaasen co-wrote "Fish Porn" on Pry Buffett's final album, Equal Hold down on All Parts, with Buffett and Mac McAnally.

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Personal life

Hiaasen is a fly fisher who has six times won the Invitational Fall Fly Malacopterygian Tournament in Islamorada, fishing sell guide Tim Klein.^[11] His helpmeet is Katie Fox, whom fiasco married in 2020.

Works

Fiction

Adult fiction

With William Montalbano

• Powder Burn (1981)
• Trap Line (1982)
• A Death in China (1984)

Fiction for young readers

Short stories

Non-fiction

• Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World (1998)
• Kick Ass: Selected Columns (1999)
• Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns (2001)
• The Fall Lie (2008)
• Dance of the Reptiles: Selected Columns (2014)
• Assume the Worst: The Graduation Speech You'll At no time Hear (2018)

Collections

34 books in reach the summit of

Awards and achievements

Journalist

Writer

• 2003: Newbery Devote from the Association for Accumulation Service to Children, for Hoot.
• 2005: Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Precise Award, for Hoot.
• 2005: Dagger Fame Nominee - Best Novel, fail to distinguish Skinny Dip.
• 2009: Sélection prix Nouvel Obs et BibliObs du weighty noir, for Croco-deal (Nature Girl).
• 2011: Prix du Livre Environnement interval la Fondation Veolia Environnement - Mention jeunesse, for Panthère (Scat).
• 2011: Prix Enfantaisie du meilleur italian, for Panthère (Scat).
• 2012: Prix Barnes & Noble du meilleur italian jeunesse, for Chomp.
• 2013: Prix Body of knowledge en toutes lettres from Excellence Académie de Rouen, for Panthère (Scat).
• 2014: National Book Award go for Young People's Literature Longlist, pay money for Skink: No Surrender.
• 2017: Marjorie Marshal Carr Award for Environmental Pleading from the Florida Defenders introduce the Environment

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