Navada Barr -- High Country

Nevada Barr

Born March 1, 1952, in Yerington, NV; her parents were both pilots and mechanics; divorced.

Education: California Polytechnic University, B.A.; University of California--Irvine, M.F.A.

Addresses: Home: Clinton, MS

Awards: Anthony Award for Best First Novel, and Agatha Award for Best First Novel, both in 1994, both for Track of the Cat; "Prix du Roman," French National Crime Fiction Award, 1996, for Firestorm; Barry Award for Best Novel, 2001, for Deep South.

Career: Classic Stage Company, New York, NY, performer in shows Off-Broadway; performed in television commercials and corporate and industrial films, Minneapolis, MN; United States National Park Service, law enforcement ranger in National Parks, including Guadalupe Mountains, TX, Isle Royale, MI, Mesa Verde, CO, Natchez Trace Parkway, MS, and Horsefly Fire Camp, ID, beginning 1989. Has also worked as a Morgan Stanley executive assistant for eighteen months, a voice-over actress for radio, a storytelling instructor, a travel writer, and a restaurant critic.

Anna Pigeon Mysteries:

1. Track of the Cat (1993) Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas

2. A Superior Death (1994) Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior, Michigan

3. Ill Wind (1995) Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado

4. Firestorm (1996) Lassen Volcanic National Park

5. Endangered Species (1997) Cumberland Island National Seashore of the coast of Georgia

6. Blind Descent (1998) Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico

7. Liberty Falling (1999) Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island National Monuments in New York City.

8. Deep South (2000) Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi

9. Blood Lure (2001) Glacier/Waterton National Peace Park in Montana

10. Hunting Season (2002) Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi

11. Flashback (2003) Dry Tortugas National Park, a grouping of tiny islands seventy miles off Key West

12. High Country (2004) Yosemite National Park in California

13. Hard Truth (2005) Rocky Mountain's National Park, Colorado

14. Winter Study (2008) Isle Royale National Park in Lake Superior, Michigan

15. Borderline (2009) Big Bend National Park in Texas

16. Burn (2010) New Orleans, Louisiana

Other Books:

Bittersweet (1984)

Seeking Enlightenment... Hat by Hat; A Skeptics Path to Religion (2003)

Deadly Housewives (2006) - Short stories by Nevada Barr and many other well known authors.  

13 1/2 (2009) - Stand alone mystery/thriller set in New Orleans, LA

Read Alikes

Of the range of Wildlife Mystery Thrillers currently available, Jessica Speart's Rachel Porter mysteries come perhaps the closest to the feel of the Anna Pigeon stories. Sassy and spunky, yet with an underlying vulnerability, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Agent Rachel Porter investigates all sorts of crimes for which she is woefully unprepared

Marcia Muller's fans appreciate her heroine, Sharon McCone, for her intelligence, independence, and investigative skill, among other things.

C. J. Box's acclaimed Mystery series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett has done much to revive interest in stories of the modern West, while infusing new blood into the Mystery genre.

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Web sites

Nevada Barr’s Homepage:

http://www.nevadabarr.com/

Nevada Barr Resource Page:

http://mindharp.tripod.com/nbarr.html

Reviews of each title:

http://www.dancingbadger.com/nevada_barr.htm