SIDELIGHTS: Popular novelist Nevada Barr, best known for her mystery series starring amateur detective and National Park Service ranger Anna Pigeon, began her career as a published author in 1984 with an historical novel set in the American West. The Anna Pigeon books were optioned for a television miniseries by Kevin Brown Productions.

Contributor to periodicals, including Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine.ĪDAPTATIONS: Some of Barr's works have been released as audiobooks, including Hard Truth, Recorded Books, 2005. Contributor to anthologies, including Women on the Case, edited by Sara Paretsky, 1996, and AZ Murder Goes … Artful, edited by Susan Mailing and Barbara Peters, 2001. Seeking Enlightenment … Hat by Hat: A Skeptic's Path to Religion, Putnam (New York, NY), 2003.Īlso author of foreword, A Suitable Job for a Woman: Inside the World of Women Private Eyes, by Val McDermid. (Editor and author of introduction) Nevada Barr Presents Malice Domestic 10: An Anthology of Original Traditional Mystery Stories, Avon (New York, NY), 2001. (With others) Naked Came the Phoenix: A Serial Novel, edited by Marcia Talley, St. High Country, Putnam (New York, NY), 2004. Hunting Season, Putnam (New York, NY), 2002. Liberty Falling, Putnam (New York, NY), 1999. Track of the Cat, Putnam ( New York, NY), 1993.Ī Superior Death, Putnam (New York, NY), 1994.Įndangered Species, Putnam (New York, NY), 1997.īlind Descent, Putnam (New York, NY), 1998.

WRITINGS: 'ANNA PIGEON' SERIES MYSTERY NOVELS

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.ĪWARDS, HONORS: 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.

University of California-Irvine, M.F.A.ĬAREER: 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. Education: California Polytechnic University, B.A. PERSONAL: Born March 1, 1952, in Yerington, NV her parents were both pilots and mechanics divorced.

Deep South by Nevada Barr