Carl Hiaasen graduated from the University of Florida's School of Journalism in 1974. He has written many books, including "Tourist Season", "Double Whammy" and "Striptease", all crime/mystery books that take place in south Florida. In between writing books, Hiaasen writes a regular column for the Miami Herald. He's also a big fan of Warren Zevon. ...
Barbara Hiaasen, Judith Hiaasen Cowan, Rob Hiaasen
Awards
John Newbery Medal, Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award, Dilys Award, Agatha Award for Best Children/Young Adult Fiction, Anthony Awards for Booksellers Award
Nominations
Edgar Award for Best Juvenile, Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Reporting, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Middle Grade & Children's, Goodreads Choice Awards Best Humor
Movies
Hoot, Striptease
Star Sign
Pisces
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Trademark
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Tends to kill off characters in his novels in very creative ways
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Quote
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Humor can be an incredible lacerating and effective weapon. And that is the way I use it.
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Fact
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Wears a fishing hat and noise-suppression earmuffs while writing.
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His stepson was one of the first people to read Christopher Paolini's novel Eragon, and brought it to the attention of Random House, which inspired them to republish the novel and place it into wide circulation.
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His last name is pronounced HI-uh-suhn.
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Hiaasen grew up in Plantation, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale that was, at the time, the westernmost fringe of civilization in south Florida, literally on the edge of the Everglades. As he watched Florida being settled by thousands of newcomers every year and watched his beloved background turn into asphalt, he began to write furious diatribes about the destruction of the Florida wilderness. Hiaasen based his popular fictional character, Clinton "Skink" Tyree, on his boyhood friend Clyde Ingalls, who committed suicide at the age of 17, partly in grief about the devastation of his homeland.
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For most of his adult life, he lived in a stilt house in the Florida Keys. Rather than drive to the Miami Herald building in Miami, he communicates with Herald headquarters by phone, fax, and modem.
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hoot
2006
novel
Striptease
1996
book
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hoot
2006
Muckle's Assistant
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hoot
2006
co-producer
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Wrecker Kings
2017
Short thanks post-production
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
20/20
2016
TV Series documentary
Himself - Author, Lucky You (segment "The Vultures")
Texas Monthly Talks
2009
TV Series
Himself - Interviewee
The Colbert Report
2008
TV Series
Himself
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
2006
TV Series
Himself
60 Minutes
2005
TV Series documentary
Himself - Humorist (segment "Carl Hiaasen")
Great Writers, Great Cities
2001
TV Series
Himself
Lauren Hutton and...
1995
TV Series
Himself
The Media Show
1988
TV Series
Himself
In Search of...
1978
TV Series documentary
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
60 Minutes
2006
TV Series documentary
Himself - Novelist (segment "Carl Hiaasen")
Known for movies
Striptease (1996) as Writer
Hoot (2006) as Writer
20/20 (2016) as Himself - Author, Lucky You (segment "The Vultures")
60 Minutes (2005-2006) as Himself - Humorist (segment "Carl Hiaasen")
$11 Million
