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Craig Pittman
Craig Pittman is a native Floridian, a journalist, and an author of five books. He has won the Waldo Proffitt Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism in Florida four times, and twice won the top investigative reporting award from the Society of Environmental Journalists. His books include Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss (2009), Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species (2010), The Scent of Scandal: Greed, Betrayal, and the World's Most Beautiful Orchid, and Oh, Florida! How America's Weirdest State Influences the Rest of the Country. His most recent book is Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther, now available from Hanover Square Press. He is the co-host of the Welcome to Florida podcast.
How the CIA Took Over a Florida Island
Retired spies flocked to Sanibel Island in the 1970s. Soon they launched a newspaper and a campaign for self-determination.
The Strange Story of Orson Welles' Lost Film, Mr. Arkadin
The 1955 film was supposed to be Welles' masterpiece. Or maybe it was just a lark. Or a KGB-funded money laundering enterprise.
Carolina Garcia-Aguilera: The Woman Who Brought the Cuban-American Experience to Miami Noir
In 1980s Miami, she was a mother of three who wanted to write crime novels. So she got herself a job as a private eye.
How to Write Legal Thrillers That Won't Drive Lawyers Crazy with Mistakes and Inventions
I Object...To Unrealistic Courtroom Drama
Elmore Leonard, Florida Man
The wild crimes and strange characters that inspired a legendary author to reinvent himself and his work in true Florida style.
The Life and Times of Charles Willeford—Miami's Weird, Wonderful Master of Noir
For years he searched for a subject worthy of his talents. Then he found Miami and the '80s. Crime fiction would never be the same.
Miami Vice: How an Icon of 80s Cool Transformed a City and the Landscape of Television
South Beach was in decay, crime was rampant, and tourism was dry. Then came Miami Vice, and South Florida found its mojo.
