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Carl Hiaasen American Journalist And Novelist

The first of four children born to Odell and Patricia Hiaasen, Hiaasen was born in 1953, of Norwegian and Irish descent. Carl Hiaasen is an American journalist and novelist. He began his career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels for both adults and middle-grade readers in his spare time. Two of his novels have been made into feature films and one into a TV series.

Hiaasen’s adult novels are humorous crime thrillers set in Florida. They feature eccentric, sometimes grotesque characters and satirize aspects of American popular culture. Many of the novels contain themes related to environmentalism and political corruption in his native state.

Hiaasen’s first novel, Strip Tease, was adapted into the 1996 feature film Striptease, starring Demi Moore and Burt Reynolds. Another book, Bad Monkey, has been adapted into a series on Apple TV. It stars Vince Vaughn and is written and executive-produced by Bill Lawrence, who co-created Ted Lasso. The series began airing in August 2024.