Carl's new children's book, Hoot, will be on sale in September. From the book jacket: Roy Eberhardt is the new kid in Coconut Cove and the following have suddenly become of vital importance to him: alligators, snakes with glittery tails, crooked politicians, a bully with a lisp, some slippery fish, a renegade eco-avenger, a sinister pancake PR man, and some puny burrowing owls. Roy has most ...

April 24, 2000 Writers on Writing, Carl Hiaasen: Real Life, That Bizarre and Brazen Plagiarist By CARL HIAASEN ne time I had to kill this guy. It was in a novel, but that didn't make it easy. My books are supposed to be funny, so even death should be carried out with a twist of wit. The pressure is wicked. Mike Hentz for The New York Times Carl Hiaasen, whose latest book is Sick Puppy, finds ...