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=Hoot by Carl Hiaasen=

Growing Up Carl Hiaasen was born and raised in Florida, and was a voracious reader. He knew he wanted to be a writer at the young age of six, when he received his first typewriter and began typing newsletters for his friends. After working as a newspaper reporter and columnist, Carl started writing novels for adults in the early 1980s and got marrried to his husband Jack and a adopted a 7 month old girl named Cat.
 * [[image:http://teacher.scholastic.com/authorsandbooks/events/hiaasen/images/hiaasen_carl_lg.jpg width="144" height="158" caption="Carl Hiaasen"]] || **Carl Hiaasen**

Four years ago, Carl wrote his first novel for children, **//HOOT//**, which was awarded the Newbery Honor Medal, and he recently came out with another children's book, **//Flush//**. Learn more about the author in [|Carl Hiaasen's biography]. ||

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