Annual Trout Lecture: Novelist Carl Hiaasen: The Loveliest Disease: Angling as a Therapeutic Pastime

Novelist and journalist Carl Hiaasen will present "The Loveliest Disease: Angling as a Therapeutic Pastime”. A reception will follow.
Hiaasen’s visit is part of the MSU Library’s annual Trout and Salmonid Lecture Series.
Hiaasen began his career as a journalist and wrote novels in his spare time. To date, he has written or co-written 19 novels for adults, including “Bad Monkey,” which has been adapted into an Apple TV+ series starring Vince Vaughn and Natalie Martinez; seven books for young readers, including “Hoot,” which was named a Newbery Medal Honor book; six nonfiction books and several short stories. Many of his adult novels are humorous crime thrillers taking place in his home state of Florida, featuring themes of environmentalism and political corruption.
When asked about his plans for the talk, Hiaasen said, "I won’t be giving an actual speech. It will be more like a group therapy session, because all of us who are most at peace with a fly rod in our hands suffer from the same incurable affliction. We desperately need help and, of course, big fish in clear water."