Recognized by Hispanic Media as one of the “Hundred Most Influential Hispanic Journalists” in the USA. First Place Feature Reporting by the SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists) in the 1994 Sunshine State Awards, Beatriz Parga began her journalistic career at El Tiempo of Bogotá, Colombia. After winning an Inter American Press Association (IAPA) award, she moved to Miami. Traveling to Central America in the 80s, she covered the political arena, until Cristina Saralegui, editor of Cosmopolitan, called her to write celebrity stories in NY. Mexico and Miami. For 12 years her weekly columns and interviews were distributed by Los Angeles Times Syndicate International. Previously, she worked for El Nuevo Herald/The Miami Herald, where her column "Candelero" was number one in readership surveys. Her articles and columns have been published from coast to coast in the US Hispanic newspapers and magazines, including Diario Las Americas, Diario La Prensa, New York; Exito!, Chicago; La Opinion, Los Angeles, as well as Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, Vanidades, Hola!, and The National Enquirer. Her books have been mentioned by The New York Times, The Washington Post and Politico, The Associated Press (AP) and EFE. Author of “La Maestra y el Nobel" (The Teacher and the Nobel Laureate) about Gabriel García Márquez and his first teacher, soon to become a film; “La Cenicienta de la Casa Blanca” (The Cinderella of The White House) about Columba Bush; "El Macho Latino", a romantic story; and recently "Siguiendo el olor de la pólvora" (Chasing the smell of gunpowder) about Edén Pastora, "Commander Zero" and Hugo Spadafora. She was a contributor for Viewpoint at The Miami Herald and Editorial Manager for the political magazine Caribbean Review. As eclectic in her journalistic career are her interests in different topics such as her recent book ""Men, Men Men Latin Men For Love or Business." Read more about this authorRead less about this author