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Carl Hiaasen was born on March 12, 1953 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States and is credited as a novelist, children's writer and journalist. As of 2026, Carl Hiaasen is 73 years old. Education on record includes Plantation High School and University of Florida. Awards on record include Dilys Award (1992) and Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award (2005).
My Take
Carl Hiaasen plays the trick I admire most in writers. A Fort Lauderdale native and University of Florida grad, he started as a newspaperman watching his home state get strip-mined by greed and grifters, then channeled that fury into wickedly funny crime novels instead of dry editorials. His Florida is swampy, sun-baked, and full of con artists, and he weaponizes humor to actually defend the place he loves. The 1992 Dilys Award and his work for younger readers show a writer with range, but it's the journalist's eye paired with a satirist's mischief that gets me. I am a sucker for that kind of poison wit.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Carl Hiaasen
- Name (Japanese)
- カール・ハイアセン
- Reading
- かーる・はいあせん
- Born
- March 12, 1953 (age 73)
- Origin
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
- Occupation
- writer / novelist / children's writer / journalist / young adult author
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Snake
2. Background
- High school
- Plantation High School
- University
- University of Florida
Awards & achievements
- 1992 Dilys Award
- 2005 Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
3. Links
- Official sitehttps://www.carlhiaasen.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/carl_hiaasen/
- Xhttps://x.com/Carl_Hiaasen
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Hiaasen
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%82%BB%E3%83%B3
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q726177
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Carl Hiaasen born?
Carl Hiaasen was born on March 12, 1953 and is 73 years old.
Where is Carl Hiaasen from?
Carl Hiaasen is from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States.
What does Carl Hiaasen do?
Carl Hiaasen works as writer, novelist, children's writer, journalist, young adult author.
Where did Carl Hiaasen study?
Carl Hiaasen attended University of Florida.
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