birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
miami , florida 1972 eric garcia
 eric garcia writer , novelist
eric garcia

eric garcia -lrb- born 1972 -rrb- is an american writer , the author of several novels including `` matchstick men '' which was made into a movie directed by ridley scott and starring nicolas cage , and the `` anonymous rex '' series , which was adapted in 2004 for the scifi channel .
he is also a screenwriter , with garrett lerner , of the 2010 film `` repo men '' , based on garcia 's novel `` the repossession mambo '' .
