

<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">Readers are always
thrilled to see a new book from the master of snarky satire, but they will be
doubly excited for this book as Carl introduces young readers to Skink—an
ex-governor of Florida gone feral, and one of the most iconic characters in
Hiaasen^s adult novels. </span></p>

<p><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US">&nbsp;</span></p>

<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN" lang="EN-US">About the Author</span></b></p>

<p><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;
mso-fareast-language:EN-IN" lang="EN-US">Carl Hiaasen</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:
EN-IN;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold" lang="EN-US"> was born on 12 March 1953, in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida, United States. He is an American journalist and novelist. He began his
career as a newspaper reporter and by the late 1970s had begun writing novels
in his spare time, both for adults and for young-adult readers. Two of his
novels have been made into feature films. He lives in southern Florida.<strong><span style="font-family:&quot;Google Sans&quot;,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold"></span></strong></span></p>

