Agatha Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2005) Excellence Award
Carl Hiaasen
カール・ヒーゼン
Kāru Hīzen
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-03-12 （Fort Lauderdale, Florida）
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Plantation, Florida → Vero Beach, Florida
Career
- Occupations
- Author, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1974-
- Affiliations
- Miami Herald
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emory University | — | Student newspaper | — | 1970-1972 | United States |
| University of Florida | — | Journalism | 学士 | 1972-1974 | United States |
Emory University
Student newspaper
Period:
1970-1972
Country:
United States
Transferred
University of Florida
Journalism
Degree:
学士
Period:
1972-1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Heywood Broun Award | — | — | Newspaper Guild | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award | — | — | National Society of Newspaper Columnists | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Newbery Honor | Hoot | — | Association for Library Service to Children | 受賞 |
| 2017 | Marjorie Harris Carr Award for Environmental Advocacy | — | — | Florida Defenders of the Environment | 受賞 |
Heywood Broun Award
1980
Organization:
Newspaper Guild
Result:
受賞
Ernie Pyle Lifetime Achievement Award
2010
Organization:
National Society of Newspaper Columnists
Result:
受賞
Newbery Honor
2003
Work:
Hoot
Organization:
Association for Library Service to Children
Result:
受賞
Marjorie Harris Carr Award for Environmental Advocacy
2017
Organization:
Florida Defenders of the Environment
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
-
Edition 51 (2007) Winner
Works
Major Works
Tourist Season
1986 Crime fictionHumorous crime thriller set in Florida featuring eco-warriors kidnapping the Orange Bowl Queen.
EnvironmentalismPolitical corruption
Strip Tease
1993 Crime fictionSatirical story involving a stripper.
FloridaCorruption
Adaptations
- [Film] Striptease / Andrew Bergman (1996)
Hoot
2002 Children's fictionAdventure story about environmental issues in Florida.
Environmental protectionNature
Adaptations
- [Film] Hoot / Wil Shriner (2006)
Bad Monkey
2013 Crime fictionHumorous story set in the Florida Keys.
CrimeSatire
Adaptations
- [TV series] Bad Monkey (2024)
Bibliography
- Tourist Season
- Double Whammy
- Skin Tight
- Native Tongue
- Strip Tease
- Hoot
- Flush
- Scat
- Chomp
- Skink - No Surrender
- Squirm
- Wrecker
- Squeeze Me
- Fever Beach
Adaptations
- Striptease (1996 film)
- Hoot (2006 film)
- Bad Monkey (2024 TV series)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- HumorousSatiricalCrime thrillers
- Recurring Motifs
- EnvironmentalismFloridaPolitical corruptionEccentric characters
Legacy
Known for humorous crime novels set in Florida satirizing environmentalism and political corruption. Children's books also popular. 21 books on NYT Best Seller lists.
In Popular Culture
- Jimmy Buffett memorialized a character in a song.
Trivia
- Brother Rob Hiaasen killed in 2018 Capital Gazette shooting.
- Dedicated a novel to brother Rob.
- Won Islamorada bonefish tournament 6 times.
- Norwegian and Irish ancestry.