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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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" went on sale June 23, 2009.
Also published books under the name Steffie Hall.
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One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.00 — 18,924 ratings — published 1994 33 editions |
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Three To Get Deadly (Stephanie Plum, #3) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.08 — 14,018 ratings — published 1997 22 editions |
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Two for the Dough (Stephanie Plum, #2) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.06 — 13,581 ratings — published 1996 31 editions |
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Four to Score (Stephanie Plum, #4) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.12 — 13,345 ratings — published 1998 28 editions |
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Hot Six (Stephanie Plum, #6) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.13 — 12,705 ratings — published 2000 24 editions |
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Seven Up (Stephanie Plum, #7) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.11 — 12,327 ratings — published 2001 26 editions |
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Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum, #8) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.12 — 11,832 ratings — published 2002 28 editions |
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High Five (Stephanie Plum, #5) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.13 — 11,144 ratings — published 1999 26 editions |
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Eleven on Top (Stephanie Plum, #11) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.10 — 10,947 ratings — published 2005 23 editions |
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To the Nines (Stephanie Plum, #9) by Janet Evanovich avg rating 4.13 — 10,828 ratings — published 2001 29 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"
— Janet Evanovich (Seven Up)
Eddie DeChooch"
— Janet Evanovich (Seven Up)
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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."
— Janet Evanovich
— Janet Evanovich
"my professional aspiratons were simple-I wanted to be an intergalactic princess."
— Janet Evanovich
— Janet Evanovich
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