Carl Hiaasen (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist.
Born and raised in Plantation, Florida, (near Fort Lauderdale) of Norwegian 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.
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.¹
"The idea of using suspense or a suspense novel as a framework for satire is just useful to me and it's natural to me from doing newspaper work. From writing about crime it's perfectly natural because that's what much of what we do is. Especially in South Florida whether it's violent crime or good old fashioned corruption, a lot of what we write about is right or wrongdoing."
Some Books by Carl Hiaasen: Nature Girl, The Best American Short Stories 2007, Skinny Dip, Skin Tight, Double Whammy, Stormy Weather, Tourist Season, Sick Puppy, Native Tongue, Baskey Case, Team Rodent: How Disney Devours the World, Lucky You, Strip Tease, Powder Burn, Trap Line, A Death in China, and Kick Ass: Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen.
Carl Hiaasen (born March 12, 1953) is an American journalist and novelist.