Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naked Came the Manatee | 1997 | Carl Hiaasen | Buy |
| 2 | Writers on Writing | 2001 | Carl Hiaasen | Buy |
| 3 | The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 | 2007 | Carl Hiaasen | Buy |
Carl Hiaasen has contributed to three anthologies. Naked Came the Manatee (1997) is a collaborative novel by South Florida writers, each contributing a chapter to a comic mystery. Writers on Writing (2001) is a collection of essays about the craft, while The Best American Mystery Stories 2007 is the annual anthology series.
Naked Came the Manatee is the most notable of these contributions, bringing together Hiaasen with fellow Miami-area writers for a deliberately over-the-top crime novel that parodies the genre while celebrating Florida’s unique strangeness.