Bestselling novelist and journalist Carl Hiaasen is among South Florida’s most colorful natural resources. His comic style—Hiaasenesque—combines thrilling plot lines, blunder-prone schemes, wayward men and headstrong women, corrupt politicians, and a loving nod to the natural (and unnatural) landscape of the Sunshine State.
Hiaasen’s bestselling novels include Star Island, Nature Girl, Strip Tease, and Skinny Dip. He also writes a regular column for the Miami Herald, where he has worked since 1976. His writing has won numerous journalism awards, and his work was recently included in a national compliation called Deadline Artists: America’s Greatest Newspaper Columns. He’s also the author of The Downhill Lie, a bestselling memoir about his harrowing return to golf after a “much-needed” 3-year layoff.
Hiaasen has been profiled on “60 Minutes,” the “Today Show,” the “Colbert Report,” and “Morning Joe.” He has also published four books for young readers, including Chomp and Hoot, which was awarded a Newbery Honor. His newest novel for grownups, Bad Monkey, will be published in June 2013. It’s a humorous mystery about Medicare fraud, monkeys, and revenge, set in the Bahamas and Key West.
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Selected Bibliography
Bad Monkey (2013)
Nature Girl (2006)
Skinny Dip (2004)
Sick Puppy (2000)
Stormy Weather (1995)
Skin Tight (1989)
Tourist Season (1986)
