Nevada Barr



Nevada Barr

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born March 01, 1952
gender female
place of birth Yerington, Nevada, United States
website http://www.nevadabarr.com/
genre Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Gay & Lesbian

about this author

Nevada Barr is a mystery fiction author, known for her "Anna Pigeon" series of mysteries, set in National Parks in the United States. Barr has won an Agatha Award for best first novel for Track of the Cat.

Barr was named after the state of her birth. She grew up in Johnstonville, California. She finished college at the University of California, Irvine. Originally, Barr started to pursue a career in theatre, but decided to be a park ranger. In 1984 she published her first novel, Bittersweet, a bleak lesbian historical novel set in the days of the Western frontier.

While working in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Barr created the Anna Pigeon series. Pigeon is a law enforcement officer with the United States National Park Se...more

books by Nevada Barr

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avg rating: 3.74 | 3837 ratings | 23 distinct works
Blind Descent:: An Anna Pigeon... Blind Descent:: An Anna Pigeon Mystery (Anna Pigeon Mysteries (Paperback))
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.95 — 284 ratings — published 1999
4 editions
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Track of the Cat Track of the Cat (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.67 — 303 ratings — published 1994
11 editions
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A Superior Death A Superior Death (Anna Pigeon Mysteries (Paperback))
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.76 — 294 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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Firestorm Firestorm (Anna Pigeon Mysteries)
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.91 — 273 ratings — published 1997
7 editions
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Deep South Deep South (Paperback)
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.78 — 273 ratings — published 2001
3 editions
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Blood Lure Blood Lure (Paperback)
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.70 — 264 ratings — published 2002
7 editions
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High Country High Country (Anna Pigeon Mysteries (Paperback))
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.80 — 240 ratings — published 2005
13 editions
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Liberty Falling Liberty Falling (Anna Pigeon Mysteries (Paperback))
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.64 — 245 ratings — published 2000
4 editions
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Hunting Season Hunting Season (Anna Pigeon Novels (Paperback))
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.70 — 239 ratings — published 2003
6 editions
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Ill Wind Ill Wind (Paperback)
by Nevada Barr
avg rating 3.71 — 222 ratings — published 2004
9 editions
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quotes by Nevada Barr

"'Deliberately, she took a long drink. It wasn't as good as she remembered, but then little was. She caught herself in that thought and was ashamed. Cynicism was okay, bitterness a pain in the neck. The hairline difference between the two was hope and humor. The cynic had both, the embittered, nothing."
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