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Rafael Lima is a Miami novelist, screenwriter, playwright and journalist. He has been writing since his teens becoming a general assignment reporter for a local paper and moving through the ranks becoming a stringer TV reporter for CNN.
Based on his experience as a stringer reporter during the civil war in El Salvador, Rafael Lima's first full length play, "El Salvador," was developed and staged at the Circle Repertory Theater in New York and published by Samuel French and Applause books. After an extended run in New York City El Salvador was translated, published and produced internationally in seven languages and went on to productions at the prestigious Steppenwolf theater as well as the New Theater in Los Angeles where the play garnished Lima the L.A. Drama Critic's Circle award, a Dramalogue Award as well as a Rockefeller Grant for excellence in dramatic writing.
Two more of Mr. Lima's plays were produced at the prestigious Circle Repertory Theater in New York City and were later produced in theaters across the country.
After a successful career as a playwright Lima moved to Los Angeles where he wrote feature screenplays for Paramount, Disney, Castle Rock and Desi-Lu productions. Mr. Lima has also written for several T.V. series including China Beach, Wiseguy; Teleplay Pilots for Fox, Spelling Entertainment, Warner Brothers, HBO, ABC, and was the original writer of the Andy Garcia/HBO produced TV movie "For God and Country."
Additionally Rafael Lima has written numerous documentary projects for PBS and the Discovery Channel which have garnered him an Emmy nomination, three Telly awards, Aurora broadcasting awards as well as Communicator awards.
Lima has also written feature articles for national publications including German Geo, Tropic magazine, Smithsonian Air and Space, Florida Travel, Caribbean Travel and Life, Surfer magazine, Sport Diver, Windsurfing magazine, Creative Screenwriter magazine as well as the Washington Post, The Miami Herald and Huffington Post.
Rafael teaches journalism at the University of Miami and conducts writing seminars and workshops all over the country.
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