Carl Hiaasen

1953 - today 

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About Carl Hiaasen:

He is also the author of two novels for young readers, the newly released Flush and Hoot, which was awarded a Newbery Honor. The film version of Hoot was released in the spring of 2006, directed by Wil Shriner and produced by Jimmy Buffett and Frank Marshall. (Hoot is now available on DVD). Hiaasen is also responsible for Team Rodent, an unsparing rant against the Disney empire and its grip on American culture. Together Hiaasen's novels have been published in 33 languages, which is 32 more than he is able to read or write. The London Observer has called him "America's finest satirical novelist," while Janet Maslin of the New York Times has compared him to Preston Sturges, Woody Allen and S.J. Perelman.