Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida. He is the author of thirteen novels, including most recently Skinny Dip and Nature Girl, as well as Hoot and Flush, both novels for children. He also writes a weekly column in the Miami Herald.
"It has taken Carl Hiaasen to capture the essence of a game that, like the bagpipes and the kilt, was invented by the Irish and given to the Scots as a joke. The rest is history, and this wretched pastime has demented us since -- David Feherty Brimming wit -- Robert Collins * The Sunday Times * Hiaasen's observations can be both accurate and funny, a rare gift for what qualifies as a genuine sports book because it will have great resonance amongst Sunday morning hackers -- Peter Sharkey * Yorkshire Post * Hiaasen is shameless in extracting every bit of comedic value he possibly can. Essentially, he does so by poking fun at himself and that is what ""hacking"" is all about. The laughs may be cheap but they are ever so painfully earned -- James Corrigan * Independent * With biting humor and painfully honest self-humiliation, Hiaasen describes his 1-1/2-year journey into one of Dante's inner circles of hell * Christian Science Monitor *"