Nevada Barr
Author of Track of the Cat
About the Author
Nevada Barr was born on March 1, 1952. She is the author of a series of mysteries involving national parks. She draws on her own experience as a National Park Service ranger to thrill readers with the majesty of nature. Anna Pigeon, the heroine of such novels as A Superior Death and Endangered show more Species, is a rough-and-tough ranger who left the wilds of New York for the great outdoors, and is modeled after Barr. Barr began writing in 1978, garnering national attention with the publication in 1993 of Track of the Cat, which won both the Agatha and Anthony awards for Best First Mystery Novel. Her novels are known for breathtaking descriptions of nature, diverse settings, and a no-nonsense heroine. She also provides frequently unflattering portrayals of the National Park Service. Her works include 13 1/2, Winterstudy, Borderline, Burn, The Rope and Destroyer Angel. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Signing books at the 2006 Bouchercon World Mystery Convention in Madison, Wisconsin / Photo by Oldbeeg
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Works by Nevada Barr
Summer and Smoke and Murder 10 copies
Hunting Season (Author Unknown) 3 copies
Anna Pigeon 2 copies
Anna Pigeon 2, 7, 12 1 copy
Calling Invisible Women 1 copy
The Lure 1 copy
Associated Works
The Ordinary Spaceman: From Boyhood Dreams to Astronaut (2015) — Foreword, some editions — 49 copies
Malice Domestic 8: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories (1999) — Contributor — 48 copies
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- Canonical name
- Barr, Nevada
- Birthdate
- 1952-03-01
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Yerington, Nevada, USA
- Places of residence
- San Francisco, California, USA
Yerington, Nevada, USA (birth)
New York, New York, USA
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Johnstonville, California, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA - Education
- University of California, Irvine (MA)
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (BA) - Occupations
- park ranger
actor
mystery writer - Awards and honors
- Agatha Award (1993)
Anthony Award (1994)
Barry Award (2001)
Robin W. Winks Award (2011) - Agent
- Dominick Abel (Dominick Abel Agency)
- Short biography
- Nevada Barr is a mystery fiction author, known for her "Anna Pigeon" series of mysteries, set in National Parks in the United States. She grew up in Johnsonville, California. In 1984 she published her first novel, Bittersweet, a bleak lesbian historical novel set in the days of the Western frontier.
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- Works
- 45
- Also by
- 11
- Members
- 22,315
- Popularity
- #952
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 745
- ISBNs
- 528
- Languages
- 7
- Favorited
- 66
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