Carl Hiaasen

About Carl Hiaasen

Born in Plantation, Florida on March 12, 1953 Carl Hiaasen was destined to become the author he is today. Knowing from the age of six that he wanted to become a writer, he insisted on his parents buying him a typewriter on which he would mainly write sports stories. In the year 1974 Hiaasen graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Florida and began working for The Miami Herald as as a general reporter before joining the ranks for the newspaper’s investigations team. While at the paper he wrote articles which exposed drug corruption, dangerous doctors and sleazy politicians putting him offside with many politicians. In the eighties wrote his first novel, Tourist Season, which made GQ magazines “ ten best destination reads of all time ”. Hiassen’s other novels, Native Ton