Johnny Diaz

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| birth_place = Miami, Florida, U.S.

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| occupation = Journalist, author

| nationality = American

| alma_mater = Florida International University

| period = 2000–present

| subject = Business, Media

| genre = Gay romance, fiction

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Johnny Diaz is an American novelist and a journalist for The New York Times.{{cite web |title=Johnny Diaz |url=https://www.nytimes.com/by/johnny-diaz |website=The New York Times |access-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625195526/https://www.nytimes.com/by/johnny-diaz |archive-date=25 June 2021 |language=en |url-status=live}} He previously worked for the Sun Sentinel, where he wrote local feature stories about South Florida, and as a media reporter for the business section of The Boston Globe.

Early life and education

Diaz was born in Miami, Florida, and attended Florida International University.

Career

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."Pulitzer Prizes: [http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2001-Breaking-News-Reporting The 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winners Breaking News Reporting], accessed October 5, 2011 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,OutinHollywood: [http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2007/05/johnny-diaz-from-the-real-worl.html Greg Hernandez, "Johnny Diaz: from The Real World to Boston Boys Club...," May 3, 2007] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120218042837/http://www.insidesocal.com/outinhollywood/2007/05/johnny-diaz-from-the-real-worl.html |date=February 18, 2012 }}, accessed October 5, 2011 Miami Manhunt,OutInJersey: [http://www.outinjersey.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238&Itemid=60 Nina J. Davidson, "Book Review - Miami Manhunt by Johnny Diaz," October 21, 2008], accessed October 5, 2011 {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421223858/http://www.outinjersey.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=238&Itemid=60|date=2012-04-21}} Beantown Cubans,Ambiente: [http://www.ambiente.us/07509BeantownCubans.html Herb Sosa, "Johnny Diaz and his Beantown Cubans", July 2009], accessed October 5, 2011 {{Archive url|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330005537/http://www.ambiente.us/07509BeantownCubans.html|date=2012-03-30}} and Take the Lead. The television and film rights to Diaz' first three novels have been optioned by Open Road Integrated Media.Galleycat: [http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/johnny-diaz-lands-film-deal_b33283 Jeff Rivers, "Johnny Diaz Lands Film Deal," June 28, 2011], accessed October 5, 2011

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.Ambiente: [http://www.ambiente.us/June2007.html Herb Sosa, "An Interview with Johnny Diaz," June 2007] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330005546/http://www.ambiente.us/June2007.html |date=2012-03-30 }}, accessed October 5, 2011

Novels

[https://books.google.com/books?id=z0YESCuohY4C Boston Boys Club] (2007). {{ISBN|978-0-7582-1545-1}}
[https://books.google.com/books?id=kyrqAgAAQBAJ&q=Miami+Manhunt Miami Manhunt] (2008). {{ISBN|978-0-7582-6628-6}}
[https://books.google.com/books?id=aeq2KT90DMYC Beantown Cubans] (2009). {{ISBN|978-0-7582-3425-4}}
Take the Lead (2011)
Looking for Providence (2014)