When Polly’s two young daughters from her previous marriage are likewise taken with Marshall, she marries him. Marshall, a lifelong bachelor, spends most of his time with his brother Danny. She finds him attractive, charming, and intelligent. Lonely, that is, until she encounters architect Marshall Marchand. No stranger to tragedy, Polly was a runaway at the age of fifteen, escaping a nightmarish Mississippi childhood. Now, in present-day New Orleans, Polly Deschamps finds herself at yet another lonely crossroads in her life. In 1971, the state of Minnesota was rocked by the 'Butcher Boy' incident, as coverage of a family brutally murdered by one of their own swept across newspapers and television screens nationwide. Track of the Cat (1993), her debut novel in the series, won the Agatha as well as the Anthony awards for best first mystery.īarr currently lives in New Orleans with her husband, four magical cats, and two lovely dogs. It’s during that same period that she developed a passion for the environmental movement–something that prompted her to start working in the National Parks during the summers.Īs her love for writing and her passion for the wilderness merged, The Anna Pigeon Series was born.

Prior to becoming a fiction writer, Barr worked on stage, in commercials, industrial training films and did voice-overs for radio for nearly two decades. Barr also attended the University of California, Irvine. Nevada Barr is an American award-winning and New York Times best-selling author of mystery, thriller, literary fiction and gay and lesbian books.īorn in Yerington, Nevada, she holds a BA in Speech and Drama, and a Master’s degree in Acting at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

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