German Girl (Correa)

Author Bio
• Birth—1959
• Where—Guantamo, Cuba
• Education—Instituto Superior de Arte de La Habana
• Awards—for journalism (see below)
• Currently—lives in New York City, New York, USA


Armando Lucas Correra is a Cuban-born journalist, editor, and author now living in New York City.

After graduating with a degree in theater and dramaturgy from Cuba's Superior Institute of Art of Havana, Correa began his career as a theater and dance critic. He became an editor for Tablas, a magazine covering the Cuban art scene, and also worked as a correspondent for the Spanish newspaper, El Publico. Later Correa taught dramatical analysis to students of scriptwriting in the International School of Cinema of San Antonio de los Banos.

In 1991 Correa left Cuba for Miami in the U.S. and began working as a reaporter for El Nuevo Herald. Six years later he moved to New York City, where he was hired as principal writer for the recently created People en Espanol. In 2007, he became the magazine's editorial-in-chief, a position he still holds, in which he oversees all editorial content. Today, People en Espanol is the top selling Hispanic magazine in the U.S. with more than 7 million monthly readers.

Correa is the recipient of various outstanding achievement awards from the National Association of Hispanic Publications and the Society of Professional Journalism. He is the primary spokesperson for People en Espanol and regularly appears on national Spanish-language television programs discussing celebrity news and scoops.

His first novel, The German Girl, came out in 2016. His memoir En busca de Emma (In Search of Emma: Two Fathers, One Daughter and the Dream of a Family) was published in 2007 and recounts his struggle to adopt his first daughter as a gay man.

He currently resides in Manhattan with his partner and their three children. (Adapted from Amazon.)