18 Facts About Nevada Barr

Nevada Barr was born on March 1,1952 and is an American author of mystery fiction.

Nevada Barr is known for her Anna Pigeon series, which is primarily set in a series of national parks and other protected areas of the United States.

Nevada Barr grew up in Johnstonville, California, a place near Susanville, California in the far northern section of California, one of two daughters.

Nevada Barr's parents ran a small airport in Susanville, where her mother was both a pilot and a mechanic.

Nevada Barr finished her education at the University of California, Irvine.

Nevada Barr trained in drama and was a professional actor on stage and in voice-overs for 18 years after receiving her master's degree at University of California at Irvine.

Nevada Barr lived in New York City and Minneapolis and had a brief early marriage before moving to Clinton, Mississippi, to work as a Park Ranger and where she married her second husband.

Nevada Barr began writing in earnest in 1978, when she was 26.

Nevada Barr became a full-time writer when her books began to achieve commercial success.

Nevada Barr began painting in 1996, added to her writing, and her work in the National Park Service.

Nevada Barr moved to New Orleans after her third marriage to Donald Paxton and now lives in Oregon.

Nevada Barr's husband developed an interest in the physical environment and took a position in the National Park Service.

Nevada Barr followed him and secured a position as a seasonal ranger at Isle Royal National Park.

Nevada Barr then worked as a seasonal ranger at Guadaloupe Mts and then Mesa Verde.

Nevada Barr was the first female law enforcement ranger to work on the Parkway.

Nevada Barr met her second husband, a second generation Park Ranger working on The Trace.

Nevada Barr's husband took an early retirement in 1996 and shortly after, Nevada resigned her position to write full time.

Nevada Barr has published three other novels besides the Anna Pigeon series in addition to a non-fiction book:.