Ann Parker is an American historical mystery writer, best known for the Silver Rush series and The Deadly Museum (2025). Her novels have won the Western Writers of America Spur Award, the Will Rogers Medallion Award, and Foreword Magazine’s INDIE Award for Best Mystery.
Born and raised in Northern California, Ann Parker earned degrees in Physics and English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She later worked as a science writer, a role she continues alongside her fiction writing.
"I sling science and technical verbiage for a living during the day and write fiction at night," Parker has said.
Parker’s family history includes several links to Colorado, which later influenced her fiction. Her great-grandfather was a blacksmith in Leadville. Her grandmother worked in the bindery of Leadville’s Herald Democrat newspaper. One grandfather taught at the Colorado School of Mines, while another worked on Colorado railroads.
Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks, publishes the Silver Rush series. The first five novels are set in Leadville, Colorado, during the silver boom of 1880. Later entries move the main character, Inez Stannert, to San Francisco in the early 1880s.
The Secret in the Wall (Book 8) was published most recently and won multiple awards, including the Spur Award and the Will Rogers Medallion Award. The series has also been named a “Bookseller's Favourite” by the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association.
Parker's protagonist, Inez Stannert, is a saloon owner and gambler who often uses unorthodox methods to investigate crime. Her stories feature social themes, historical settings, and a consistent sense of risk.
In addition to the Silver Rush novels, Ann Parker writes the Becklesfield Village mysteries. The Deadly Museum (2025) is the sixth in that series. These stories feature the sleuth Abigail Summers, a ghost who solves murders with the help of a medium and a local policeman.
Parker is a member of multiple professional associations, including the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Western Writers of America.
Ann Parker lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Photo credit: annparker.net
Born and raised in Northern California, Ann Parker earned degrees in Physics and English Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She later worked as a science writer, a role she continues alongside her fiction writing.
"I sling science and technical verbiage for a living during the day and write fiction at night," Parker has said.
Parker’s family history includes several links to Colorado, which later influenced her fiction. Her great-grandfather was a blacksmith in Leadville. Her grandmother worked in the bindery of Leadville’s Herald Democrat newspaper. One grandfather taught at the Colorado School of Mines, while another worked on Colorado railroads.
Poisoned Pen Press, an imprint of Sourcebooks, publishes the Silver Rush series. The first five novels are set in Leadville, Colorado, during the silver boom of 1880. Later entries move the main character, Inez Stannert, to San Francisco in the early 1880s.
The Secret in the Wall (Book 8) was published most recently and won multiple awards, including the Spur Award and the Will Rogers Medallion Award. The series has also been named a “Bookseller's Favourite” by the Mountains and Plains Independent Booksellers Association.
Parker's protagonist, Inez Stannert, is a saloon owner and gambler who often uses unorthodox methods to investigate crime. Her stories feature social themes, historical settings, and a consistent sense of risk.
In addition to the Silver Rush novels, Ann Parker writes the Becklesfield Village mysteries. The Deadly Museum (2025) is the sixth in that series. These stories feature the sleuth Abigail Summers, a ghost who solves murders with the help of a medium and a local policeman.
Parker is a member of multiple professional associations, including the Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and Western Writers of America.
Ann Parker lives with her family in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Photo credit: annparker.net
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