I tried to put this in links, but Fanpop kept rejecting it. grrr.
At any rate, this is the link to a great interview with Chris about his book: The Stupidest Angel
http://www.powells.com/authors/moore.httml
"The unhinged Hiaasen," Janet Maslin called him in the New York Times. "He's Daily Show-funny and willing to subvert anything."