Janet Evanovich







Janet Evanovich

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born
April 22, 1943

gender
female

place of birth
South River, New Jersey, The United States

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genre
Romance, Mystery & Thrillers


about this author

She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall, but gained fame authoring a series of contemporary mysteries featuring Stephanie Plum, a lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losing her job. The fourteen novels in this series consistently top the New York Times Best Seller list. Book fifteen, "Finger Lickin' Fifteen" will go on sale June 23, 2009.

Also published books under the name Steffie Hall.




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avg rating: 3.93 | 199,649 ratings | 12,732 reviews | 66 distinct works | 397 fans
One for the Money One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.01 — 15,312 ratings — published 1994
31 editions
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Three To Get Deadly Three To Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.09 — 11,464 ratings — published 1997
22 editions
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Four to Score Four to Score (Stephanie Plum, #4)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.13 — 10,901 ratings — published 1998
28 editions
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Two for the Dough Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, #2)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.08 — 10,906 ratings — published 1996
30 editions
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Hot Six Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, #6)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.14 — 10,413 ratings — published 2000
24 editions
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Seven Up Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.12 — 10,103 ratings — published 2001
24 editions
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Hard Eight Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum, #8)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.13 — 9,712 ratings — published 2002
26 editions
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High Five High Five (Stephanie Plum, #5)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.14 — 9,049 ratings — published 2001
25 editions
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Eleven on Top Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum, #11)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.11 — 8,950 ratings — published 2005
21 editions
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To the Nines To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, #9)
by Janet Evanovich
avg rating 4.14 — 8,825 ratings — published 2001
25 editions
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"Is that a bulletproof vest? See, now that's so insulting. That's like saying I'm not smart enough to shoot you in the head."
Eddie DeChooch"
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"Romance novels are birthday cake and life is often peanut butter and jelly. I think everyone should have lots of delicious romance novels lying around for those times when the peanut butter of life gets stuck to the roof of your mouth."
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"my professional aspiratons were simple-I wanted to be an intergalactic princess."
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