Nevada Barr

Nevada Barr
Born	March 1, 1952 (1952-03-01) (age 59) Yerington, Nevada
Occupation	Author
Nationality	American
Genres	Mystery novel
Notable award(s)	Agatha Award
Spouse(s)	Richard Jones
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Nevada Barr (born March 1, 1952, Yerington, Nevada) is an American author best known for her Anna Pigeon series of mystery novels set in national parks in the United States. Barr won an Agatha Award and Anthony Award for best first novel for Track of the Cat. She lives in New Orleans.

Early life

Although Barr was born in Nevada, she was named not after her state of birth but after a character in one of her father’s favorite books.^[1] She grew up in Johnstonville, California, and finished college at the University of California, Irvine. With a masters degree in drama, she pursued a career in theater,TV, films, commercials and voice work for almost two decades.

Park ranger

When her then-director husband changed careers and became interested in the environmental movement she began working as a seasonal park ranger in the summer.

Barr created the Anna Pigeon series while working at her second seasonal job in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Texas. Pigeon is a law enforcement ranger with the United States National Park Service. The books in the series take place in various national parks, where Pigeon solves murders that are often related to natural resource issues.

Barr's first permanent Park Ranger job was on the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi. She resigned to focus on writing when her books began to achieve commercial success.

Barr has published three other books besides the Anna Pigeon series:

• Barr, Nevada (1984). Bittersweet. New York: St. Martin’s Press. ISBN 0312775024. , a lesbian historical novel set in the days of the Western frontier.^[2]
• Barr, Nevada (2003). Seeking Enlightenment-- Hat by Hat : A Skeptic’s Path to Religion. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399150579. , a memoir
• Barr, Nevada (2009). 13 1/2. New York: Vanguard. ISBN 1593155530. , psychological thriller

Anna Pigeon series

• Barr, Nevada (1993). Track of the Cat. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0380721643. , Guadalupe Mountains National Park
• Barr, Nevada (1994). Superior Death. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0816174466. , Isle Royale National Park
• Barr, Nevada (1995). Ill Wind. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0380723638. , Mesa Verde National Park
• Barr, Nevada (1996). Firestorm. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0380725827. , Lassen Volcanic National Park
• Barr, Nevada (1997). Endangered Species. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399142460. , Cumberland Island National Seashore
• Barr, Nevada (1998). Blind Descent. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399143718. , Carlsbad Caverns National Park
• Barr, Nevada (1999). Liberty Falling. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399144595. , Statue of Liberty National Monument
• Barr, Nevada (2000). Deep South. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399145869. , Natchez Trace Parkway
• Barr, Nevada (2001). Blood Lure. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399147020. , Glacier National Park
• Barr, Nevada (2002). Hunting Season. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399148469. , Natchez Trace Parkway
• Barr, Nevada (2003). Flashback. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0425194493. , Dry Tortugas National Park
• Barr, Nevada (2004). High Country. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399151443. , Yosemite National Park
• Barr, Nevada (2005). Hard Truth. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399152415. , Rocky Mountain National Park
• Barr, Nevada (2008). Winter Study. New York: Putnam. , Isle Royale National Park
• Barr, Nevada (2009). Borderline. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399155694. , Big Bend National Park
• Barr, Nevada (2010). Burn. New York: Minotaur Books. ISBN 1441816011. , New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Anna Pigeon character

Anna Pigeon is a fictional park ranger and detective in the series of novels by the same name. She shares some life experiences with the author such as working as a national park ranger and having had a husband who worked in the theatre in NYC. The character of Anna is middle-aged, small, wiry, and wears her graying hair in a long braid. She is the widow of an actor who was killed by a taxi while crossing a street in NYC. She remarried a minister named Paul Davidson, who is also a sheriff. She has one sister, Molly, who is a NYC therapist. Molly's husband, Frederick, is a retired FBI agent..

References

1. ^ Davis, Jon M.. "Nevada Barr". The Mississippi Writers Page. http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/dir/barr_nevada/index.html. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 
2. ^ "Bittersweet". worldcat.org. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57248628&referer=brief_results. Retrieved 2009-10-18. 

External links

• NevadaBarr.com
• Nevada Barr Resource Page
• Audio Downloads read by Barbara Rosenblat
• The Nevada Barr collection (MUM00021) owned by The University of Mississippi.
• Audio Books on CD and/or Tape
• Nevada Barr Audio Books Download

Persondata
Name	Barr, Nevada
Alternative names
Short description	Novelist
Date of birth	March 1, 1952
Place of birth	Yerington, Nevada, United States
Date of death
Place of death