Nevada Barr

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Nevada Barr (born March 1, 1952, Yerington, Nevada) 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 Service. Each book in the series takes place in a different National Park, where Pigeon solves a murder mystery, often related to natural resource issues. She is a satirical, witty woman whose icy exterior is broken down in each book by a hunky male to whom she is attracted (such as Rogelio).

Currently, Ms. Barr lives in New Orleans, LA.

The Anna Pigeon mystery series includes:

Title	National Park	Publication Date
Track of the Cat	Guadalupe Mountains NP	1993
A Superior Death	Isle Royale NP	1994
Ill Wind	Mesa Verde NP	1995
Firestorm	Lassen Volcanic NP	1996
Endangered Species	Cumberland Island National Seashore	1997
Blind Descent	Carlsbad Caverns NP	1998
Liberty Falling	Statue of Liberty	1999
Deep South	Natchez Trace Parkway	2000
Blood Lure	Glacier NP	2001
Hunting Season	Natchez Trace Parkway	February 2002
Flashback	Dry Tortugas NP	February 2003
High Country	Yosemite NP	February 2004
Hard Truth	Rocky Mountain NP	March 2005
Winter Study	Isle Royale NP	April 2008