Carl Hiaasen

Provided by Carl A. Hiaasen, JM 1974, novelist, environmentalist and columnist for The Miami Herald, who was honored by the College as an alumnus of distinction in 1992 and as a UF Distinguished alumnus in 2003.

A syndicated columnist with the Miami Herald, Hiaasen has written several nationally acclaimed novels, basing most of his writings on corruption in South Florida. Proceeds from “Kick Ass,” a collection of Hiaasen’s columns that were published in the Miami Herald, are being donated to the UF College of Journalism and Communication