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Carl Hiaasen

Carl Hiaasen. By Frank Wang, Gary Lu and Nicki Sepahi. Carl Hiaasen. Has been an author for the past 30 years. Co-Authored with William Montalbano Won a Newberry Honor Award for Hoot Novels published in 34 languages Skinny Dip was a New York Times best seller

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Carl Hiaasen

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  1. Carl Hiaasen By Frank Wang, Gary Lu and Nicki Sepahi

  2. Carl Hiaasen • Has been an author for the past 30 years. • Co-Authored with William Montalbano • Won a Newberry Honor Award for Hoot • Novels published in 34 languages • Skinny Dip was a New York Times best seller • Strip Tease was made into a movie

  3. Family • Born March 12, 1953 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida • Son of Odel and Patricia Hiaasen • Married at age 17 to Connie Lyford • Divorced in 1996 • Married Fenia Clizer in 1999 • Children: Scott (from first marriage), Quinn, and Ryan (step son)

  4. Education • Attended Emory University in 1970 • Graduated from the University of Florida 1974

  5. Childhood • Interested in going to swamps, and caught snakes, also lizards. • Angry at witnessing the disappearance of his childhood swamp • When he was six years of age he had gotten his first typewriter, and he would write short sports stories • He got to make a high school newspaper called "More Trash"

  6. Career • Was a reporter for "Cocoa Today", a newspaper located in Cocoa Florida • Became a newspaper columnist for the Miami Herald • Makes people laugh while thinking about serious matters. • Columns are still appearing in the Miami Herald today.

  7. Awards • 2011 Florida Lifetime achievement in writing award • National Headliners Award • Public Service First Place Award from Florida Society of Newspaper Editors • Heywood Broun Award from Newspaper Guild • First place award for in-depth reporting from Florida Society of Newspaper Editors • Grand prize for investigative reporting from Investigative Reporters and Editors

  8. Books Written • Hoot 2002 (Won a Newberry Honor Award) • Skinny Dip 2004( In the New York Times in the best-seller list.) • Flush 2005 • Nature Girl 2006 • Scat 2009

  9. Credits Slideshow made by Frank Wang, Gary Lu and Nicki Sepahi

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