birth_place genre article_title name occupation
new york city , new york historical , mystery , crime rebecca pawel
 rebecca pawel novelist , teacher
rebecca pawel

rebecca pawel -lrb- born 1977 , new york city -rrb- is an american high school teacher and author of mystery novels .
she is most notable for her series of historical novels set in fascist spain , starring carlos tejada alonso y león , a staunchly anti-communist officer in the guardia civil .
