Rebecca Thatcher Murcia - Biography
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Rebecca Thatcher Murcia was born in Ann Arbor,
Michigan and grew up in Garrison, New York. Her
parents are Susan Thatcher, an occupational therapist,
and Jim Thatcher, an expert on the use of computers by
the visually impaired.
She graduated from The University of Massachusetts at
Amherst in 1986 and went to work as a reporter at the
Springfield Union-News.
Wanting to improve her Spanish and become familiar
with another culture, she moved to Brownsville, Texas in
1988. She worked at the Brownsville Herald as a health
reporter, and then a federal agencies reporter, until 1993.
She was well known for her tenacious investigations in
Brownsville, once so angering a drug trafficker with her
articles that he apparently mailed her an animal's tongue
as a threat.
In Brownsville, she met Saul Murcia, a native of
Colombia who was working for the Mennonite Church in
Brownsville. They were married in 1989.
The couple moved to Austin in 1993, where their
children, Gabriel and Mario were born. Thatcher Murcia
worked at the Austin American-Statesman from 1993 to
2000.
In 2001, they moved in Akron, Penn., when Saul was
named co-director for Latin America for the Mennonite
Central Committee. Saul died of cancer in 2005, when
Mario was eight and Gabriel was nine.
In addition to her 14 books published by Mitchell Lane,
Rebecca Thatcher has written essays for
Topdrawersoccer.com, reviews for Criticas, and other
articles and commentary.
Michigan and grew up in Garrison, New York. Her
parents are Susan Thatcher, an occupational therapist,
and Jim Thatcher, an expert on the use of computers by
the visually impaired.
She graduated from The University of Massachusetts at
Amherst in 1986 and went to work as a reporter at the
Springfield Union-News.
Wanting to improve her Spanish and become familiar
with another culture, she moved to Brownsville, Texas in
1988. She worked at the Brownsville Herald as a health
reporter, and then a federal agencies reporter, until 1993.
She was well known for her tenacious investigations in
Brownsville, once so angering a drug trafficker with her
articles that he apparently mailed her an animal's tongue
as a threat.
In Brownsville, she met Saul Murcia, a native of
Colombia who was working for the Mennonite Church in
Brownsville. They were married in 1989.
The couple moved to Austin in 1993, where their
children, Gabriel and Mario were born. Thatcher Murcia
worked at the Austin American-Statesman from 1993 to
2000.
In 2001, they moved in Akron, Penn., when Saul was
named co-director for Latin America for the Mennonite
Central Committee. Saul died of cancer in 2005, when
Mario was eight and Gabriel was nine.
In addition to her 14 books published by Mitchell Lane,
Rebecca Thatcher has written essays for
Topdrawersoccer.com, reviews for Criticas, and other
articles and commentary.
