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A former actress, restaurant critic, and National Park Service ranger, Nevada Barr is best known for her bestselling series of mysteries starring her intrepid heroine -- and alter ego -- Anna Pigeon.
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Fact File
| Name:
Nevada Barr
Current Home:
Clinton, Mississippi
Date of Birth:
March 1, 1952
Place of Birth:
Yerington, Nevada
| | Education:
B.A., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, 1974; M.A., University of California at Irvine, 1977
Nevada Barr's official web site
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Alter Ego Trip
| In an interview with her publisher, Barr talks about how she got inspired to create her beloved heroine, Anna Pigeon: "Anna was conceived as my alter ego when I was working as a law enforcement ranger in Guadalupe Mountains National Park in Texas. Track of the Cat, the first book, was not written as the first in a series, but as an expression of who I was then set amid murder and mayhem. Since then, Anna has evolved into her own person."
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Barr's Inspiration
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| | Time and Again
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Jack Finney
In her interview with Barnes & Noble.com, Barr cites Jack Finney's classic time-travel tome, Time and Again, as having a great influence on her: "It had a plot idea that captured my imagination so completely then, because the character development was so beautiful -- it allowed me to really live in the world he took me to, so much so that when I'd finished, it felt like a memory of my own life."
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| | The Princess Bride
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William Goldman
In our interview, Barr talked about her favorite books, among them William Goldman's The Princess Bride. "I loved the story and Goldman told it with such total freedom, irreverence, and style that each adventure became almost like a private joke between us," she explains. More of Barr's all-time favorite reads include:
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