Johnny Diaz

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.

For the American singer, see Jonny Diaz.
Johnny Diaz
BornFlorida, United States
OccupationJournalist, author
NationalityAmerican
Period2000–present
GenreGay romance, fiction
SubjectBusiness, Media

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
  1. Pulitzer Prizes: The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winners Breaking News Reporting, accessed October 5, 2011
  2. 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
  3. OutInJersey: Nina J. Davidson, "Book Review - Miami Manhunt by Johnny Diaz," October 21, 2008, accessed October 5, 2011
  4. Ambiente: Herb Sosa, "Johnny Diaz and his Beantown Cubans", July 2009, accessed October 5, 2011
  5. Galleycat: Jeff Rivers, "Johnny Diaz Lands Film Deal," June 28, 2011, accessed October 5, 2011
  6. Ambiente: Herb Sosa, "An Interview with Johnny Diaz," June 2007, accessed October 5, 2011
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