Carlos is a writer, reader, eater sleeper ... a bilingual writer and journalist with more than 30 years of experience. He is the author of an award-winning memoir published by Simon & Schuster, "Take Me With You: A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden Cuba." He has traded dirty jokes with basketball star Shaquille O’Neal, fed croquetas to Nobel Peace Prize nominee José Andrés, and dodged Cuban soldiers on the island while on assignment. Miami is his hometown.
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, 1997
Concentration in journalism
2 x James Beard Award winner for journalism (2018, 2022)
23 x award winner, Society for Features Journalism
Writer of the Year, Cox Newspapers, 2007
8 x Associated Press Sports Editors award winner
Penny Bender Fuchs Diversity Fellow, Society for Features Journalism
"Best American Sports Writing," 2010
Livingston Award finalist
Best Debut Book, International Latino Book Awards for "Take Me With You," 2008
The New York Times
Freelancer based in Miami for the Times' food section
Bon Appétit
Food and travel contributor based in Miami
Financial Times
Freelancer based in Miami, specializing in food and trave
The Washington Post
Freelancer in Miami for the Post food section
WLRN, "Sundial"
Hosted a live, one-hour arts-and-culture show four days a week — highlighting longform conversations
Miami Herald
6 years — Food editor and two-time James Beard Award winner
The Palm Beach Post
12 years — Arts/culture columnist, features writer, and sportswriter, focusing on long-form narrative journalism
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
6 years — Investigative and enterprise reporter, Atlanta Braves beat writer, and general-assignment reporter
"Take Me With You:" A Secret Search for Family in a Forbidden Cuba, by Carlos Frías (Simon & Schuster, 2008)
"I Had to Survive," by Roberto Canessa, Pablo Vierci, with Carlos Frías serving as the English translator (Simon & Schuster, 2017)
"The Last Night at Tremore Beach," by Mikel Santiago and translated into English by Carlos Frías (Simon & Schuster, 2017)
"The Lost Angel," by Javier Sierra and translated by Carlos Frías, (Simon & Schuster, 2011)