
Carl Hiaasen
Author · 34 books
Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. After graduating from the University of Florida, he joined the Miami Herald as a general assignment reporter and went on to work for the newspaper’s weekly magazine and prize-winning investigations team. As a journalist and author, Carl has spent most of his life advocating for the protection of the Florida Everglades. He and his family live in southern Florida.
Series
Books

Stormy Weather
1995

Wrecker
2023

A Death in China
1984

The Edible Exile
2013

Squirm
2018

Powder Burn
1981

Naked Came the Manatee
1997

Basket Case
2002

Sick Puppy
2000

The Downhill Lie
A Hacker's Return to a Ruinous Sport
2008

Chomp
2012

Star Island
2010

Hoot
2002

Flush
2005

Razor Girl
2016

Squeeze Me
2020

Assume the Worst
The Graduation Speech You'll Never Hear
2018

Paradise Screwed
Selected Columns of Carl Hiaasen
2001

No Surrender
2014

Strip Tease
1993

Native Tongue
1991

Skin Tight
1989

Fever Beach
2025

Team Rodent
How Disney Devours the World
1998

Nature Girl
2006

Scat
2009

Double Whammy
1987

Kick Ass
Selected Columns
1999

Carl Hiaasen for Kids
Hoot, Flush, Scat
2012

Skinny Dip
2004

Lucky You
1991

Dance of the Reptiles
Rampaging Tourists, Marauding Pythons, Larcenous Legislators, Crazed Celebrities, and Tar-Balled Beaches: Selected Columns
2014

Bad Monkey
2013

Tourist Season
1986