Carl Hiaasen (IPA pronunciation: ['haɪjəsɛn]) (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist. Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the “International Phonetic Alphabet”. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... is the 71st day of the year (72nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ...

Biography

Born and raised in Plantation, Florida, (near Fort Lauderdale) of Norwegian [1] heritage, Carl was the first of four children and the son of a lawyer, Odel, and teacher, Patricia. He married Connie Lyford just after high-school graduation and entered Emory University in 1970, where he contributed numerous satiric pieces to the school newspaper, The Emory Wheel. In 1972 he transferred to the University of Florida, graduating in 1974 with a degree in journalism. Carl and Connie divorced in 1996, and he married Fenia Clizer in 1999. He has one son from his first marriage and another from his second. Plantation is a city in Broward County, Florida in the United States. ... Official language(s) English Capital Tallahassee Largest city Jacksonville Largest metro area Miami metropolitan area Area  Ranked 22nd  - Total 65,795[1] sq mi (170,304[1] km²)  - Width 361 miles (582 km)  - Length 447 miles (721 km)  - % water 17. ... Nickname: Coordinates: , Country State County Broward Established 27 March 1911 Government  - Type Commission-Manager  - Mayor Jim Naugle Area  - City  36. ... Emory University is a private university located in the metropolitan area of the city of Atlanta and in western unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. ... The Emory Wheel is the student-administered newspaper of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia and has been serving the Emory community since 1919. ... The University of Florida (Florida, UFL, or UF) is a public land-grant, space-grant, research university located in Gainesville, Florida. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and more broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ...

After two years as a reporter for Cocoa Today out of Cocoa, Florida, he joined the Miami Herald in 1976, where he currently (as of 2007) works. From 1979 he turned to investigative journalism, concentrating on construction and property development, exposing schemes to destroy Florida's natural beauty for the sake of profit; several of his novels have plots based around such schemes. Since 1985 he has written a regular column for the Herald, which currently appears weekly. Cocoa is a city located in Brevard County, Florida. ... The Miami Herald is a daily newspaper owned by Knight Ridder. ... 2007 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Investigative journalism is a kind of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a topic of interest, often involving crime, political corruption, or some other scandal. ...

In the 1980s he embarked on a career as a novelist. He co-wrote three thrillers with fellow-journalist Bill Montalbano: Powder Burn (1981), Trap Line (1981), and A Death in China (1986). After Montalbano became a foreign correspondent, Hiaasen wrote his first solo novel, Tourist Season (1986), introducing many of his distinctive styles and themes. Tourist Season is a novel written in 1986 by Carl Hiaasen. ...

Hiaasen's fiction mirrors his concerns as a journalist and Floridian. His novels have been classified as "environmental thrillers" and are usually found on the mystery shelves in bookshops, although they can just as well be read as mainstream reflections of contemporary life. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with mystery_fiction. ... Look up mainstream in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Hiaasen's Florida is a hive of greedy businessmen, corrupt politicians, dumb blondes, apathetic retirees, intellectually challenged tourists, hard-luck redneck cooters, and militant ecoteurs. It is the same Florida of John D. MacDonald and Travis McGee, but aged another 20 years and viewed with a more satiric or sardonic eye. Ecotage is sabotage motivated by a desire or need to protect ecological integrity, including the prevention of ecocide. ... John Dann MacDonald (July 24, 1916 – December 28, 1986), writing as John D. MacDonald, was an American writer best known for his series of detective novels featuring protagonist Travis McGee. ... Travis McGee is a fictional character created by American mystery writer John D. MacDonald. ...

Bibliography

Fiction

• Tourist Season (1986)
• Double Whammy (1987)
• Skin Tight (1989)
• Native Tongue (1991)
• Strip Tease (1993) (filmed in 1996 as Striptease by Andrew Bergman, starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds)
• Stormy Weather (1995)
• Lucky You (1997)
• Naked Came the Manatee (1998) (Collaboration with 12 other authors)
• Sick Puppy (2000)
• Basket Case (2002)
• Hoot (2002) (young adult novel) (Released as a movie in May 2006)
• Skinny Dip (2004)
• Flush (2005) (young adult novel)
• Nature Girl (2006)

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

Short stories

• "Tart of Darkness" (2003, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue)

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Non-fiction

• Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World (1998)
• Kick Ass (1999)
• Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns (2001)

Team Rodent is a non-fiction book written by Carl Hiaasen about the Walt Disney Company and its stance towards the outside world. ... For the company founded by Disney, see The Walt Disney Company. ... Kick Ass is the first of two books which highlight some of Carl Hiaasens best columns in the newspaper Miami Herald. ...

Collections

• A Carl Hiaasen Collection (2000) (an audiobook set containing Tourist Season, Stormy Weather, and Strip Tease)

Tourist Season is a novel written in 1986 by Carl Hiaasen. ... Stormy Weather is a 1995 novel by Carl Hiaasen. ... Strip Tease is a 1993 novel by Carl Hiaasen. ...

Awards

Hoot has won both a Newbery Honor from the Association for Library Service to Children and won the 2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award, selected for the latter honor by school-age children (grades 4-8) in the U.S. State of Illinois. The Newbery Honor is a citation given by the Association for Library Service to Children of the American Library Association (ALA). ... The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) is a division of the American Library Association. ... The Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award (RCYRBA) is a program sponsored by the Illinois School Library Media Assocation. ... Official language(s) English[1] Capital Springfield Largest city Chicago Largest metro area Chicago Metropolitan Area Area  Ranked 25th  - Total 57,918 sq mi (149,998 km²)  - Width 210 miles (340 km)  - Length 390 miles (629 km)  - % water 4. ...

External links

• Carl Hiaasen's homepage
• Carl Hiaasen's columns in the Miami Herald