THE STORY OF A STORYTELLER:
Hiaasen speaks to the Middle School about his experiences as a writer. “I always wanted to be a writer, I knew from a very young age I wanted to be a writer,” he said in an interview with PTTV. “My first ambition was to be a sports writer and cover baseball or something. I’ve always liked to sit down and write and create. I was lucky. For some people, it takes a long time to figure out what they want to do but I knew from a very young age and I lucked out and it worked out for me.”