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September 24 & 25, 2010 Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He graduated from the University of Florida and joined The Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter. Since 1985 Hiaasen has been writing a regular column and has received numerous state and national honors. He authored several books with William D. Montalbano in the early 1980s and published Tourist Season, his first solo edition, in 1986, followed by many more Florida books. Strip Tease became a major motion picture in 1996, starring Demi Moore. Hiaasen insists that the scene featuring Burt Reynolds slathered from his neck to his toes with Vaseline is one of the high points in modern American cinema. Hiaasen made his children’s book debut with Hoot (2002), which was awarded a Newbery Honor. For young readers he went on to write the bestselling Flush (2005), and most recently, Scat (January 2009). The film version of Hoot was released in 2006.
Mr. Hiaasen
will be honored with the Florida Heritage Lifetime Achievement Award at
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