Bestselling Florida author and Miami Herald columnist Carl Hiaasen visited Denver's Tattered Cover Wednesday night to speak about and autograph copies of his new book "Bad Monkey." Hiaasen rocketed to fame a number of years ago after writing Tourist Season, which featured an antihero so upset about Florida being ruined by over-development that he committed a number of eco-terrorist acts, including feeding tourists to alligators. Speaking of Florida, my parents moved to Stuart, Florida in 1976, and my sister and I still own their condo. Stuart and Vero Beach (about 30 miles further north) were lovely small towns back then, but have since grown significantly larger, mainly due to an influx of people moving north from Miami and Fort Lauderdale, including - surprise! - Carl Hiassen. I was going to ask Carl if he ever considered writing a book featuring an antihero feeding these refugees from South Florida to the alligators, but decided he might not understand my "quirky" sense of humor. Plus, it would have been humiliating being the first person in history to be thrown out of the Tattered Cover. I still have some pride left.
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