Website: Carl HiaasenBirthplace: Plantation, FL
Current Residence: Miami, FL
Setting: South Florida
Genre: Mystery, crime fiction, suspense, thrillers, juvenile, young adult
Carl Hiaasen (1953-) is a journalist who writes a weekly column for the Miami Herald as well as novels, children's books and nonfiction. Hiaasen grew up in south Florida and graduated from the University of Florida. All of his books are set in the south Florida area. Hiaasen is considered to be the quintessential Florida author as his writing is heavily influenced by actual events that occur in the area.
Book List
Novels
Bad Monkey (2013)
Star Island (2010)
Nature Girl (2006)
Skinny Dip (2004)
Basket Case (2002)
Sick Puppy (2000)
Lucky You (1997)
Stormy Weather (1995)
Strip Tease (1993)
Native Tongue (1991)
Skin Tight (1989)
Double Whammy (1987)
Tourist Season (1986)
Written with Bill Montalbano
Death in China (1984)
Trap Line (1982)
Powder Burn (1981)
Naked Came the Manatee (1997) with Dave Barry, Les Standiford, Paul Levine, Edna Buchanan, James W. Hall, Carolina Hospital, Evelyn Mayerson, Tananarive Due, Brian Antoni, Vicki Hendricks, John Dufresne and Elmore Leonard.
Children's
Chomp (2012)
Scat (2009)
Flush (2006)
Hoot (2002)
Nonfiction
Dance of the reptiles : selected columns (2014)
Paradise Screwed: Selected Columns of Carl Hiassen (Sept. 2009)
Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen (Sept. 2009)
The Downhill Lie (2008)
Paradise Screwed: Seletect Columns (2001)
Kick Ass (1999)
Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World (1998)
See Carl Hiaasen books with a Florida setting.
See also It Takes Place in Florida: Mystery and Humorous.