Johnny Diaz
Johnny Diaz | |
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| Born | Florida, United States |
| Occupation | Journalist, author |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 2000–present |
| Genre | Gay romance, fiction |
| Subject | Business, Media |
Johnny Diaz is an American novelist and a journalist for the Sun Sentinel, where he writes local feature stories about South Florida. He was a media reporter for the business section of The Boston Globe.
Diaz was born in Miami, Florida, and attended Florida International University.
He was a general assignment Metro reporter for the Miami Herald, where he worked on the staff that won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Coverage "for its balanced and gripping on-the-scene coverage of the pre-dawn raid by federal agents that took the Cuban boy Elian Gonzalez from his Miami relatives and reunited him with his Cuban father."[1] He also covered some of the biggest breaking stories in South Florida, including the murder of Gianni Versace.
Diaz worked for three years as a features writer for the Living/Arts section of The Boston Globe before moving to the newspaper's business section.
He was a featured contributor to the first Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul.
Diaz is the author of several gay-themed novels: Boston Boys Club,[2] Miami Manhunt,[3] Beantown Cubans,[4] and Take the Lead. The television and film rights to Diaz' first three novels have been optioned by Open Road Integrated Media.[5]
Personal life
Diaz also works as a part-time journalism instructor at Emerson College in Boston. He is gay and his homosexuality became widely known in 1996 when his boyfriend was a cast member on the television series The Real World: Miami and Diaz appeared in several episodes.[6]
Novels
- Boston Boys Club (2007)
- Miami Manhunt (2008)
- Beantown Cubans (2009)
- Take the Lead (2011)
- Looking for Providence (2014)
References
- ^ Pulitzer Prizes: The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winners Breaking News Reporting, accessed October 5, 2011
- ^ OutinHollywood: Greg Hernandez, "Johnny Diaz: from The Real World to Boston Boys Club...," May 3, 2007 Archived February 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 5, 2011
- ^ OutInJersey: Nina J. Davidson, "Book Review - Miami Manhunt by Johnny Diaz," October 21, 2008, accessed October 5, 2011
- ^ Ambiente: Herb Sosa, "Johnny Diaz and his Beantown Cubans", July 2009, accessed October 5, 2011
- ^ Galleycat: Jeff Rivers, "Johnny Diaz Lands Film Deal," June 28, 2011, accessed October 5, 2011
- ^ Ambiente: Herb Sosa, "An Interview with Johnny Diaz," June 2007, accessed October 5, 2011
External links
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- Living people
- American romantic fiction writers
- 21st-century American novelists
- Writers from Miami
- The Boston Globe people
- Gay writers
- LGBT writers from the United States
- LGBT journalists from the United States
- LGBT novelists
- LGBT people from Florida
- American male novelists
- 21st-century American male writers
- Novelists from Florida
- 21st-century American non-fiction writers
- American male non-fiction writers