'News Clown' Finds Happiness in Prague

It's all worked out splendidly for this one-time U.S.-side crime and politics reporter.

For those of unfamiliar with Thor Garcia, there are really just two things you need to know: he’s an acclaimed, published novelist and a rock’n roll band lead singer.

A native of Long Beach, he got the journalism bug at UC Santa Barbara, editing the school newspaper there, and went on to work as a journalist in LA, Sacramento, San Francisco and New York City, specializing in crime, politics and education. These days, he lives in Prague, and per a recent interview with the Prague Post, couldn’t be happier:

Garcia moved to Prague after some friends from UCSB established an English-language newspaper in Prague called Prognosis.

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