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'''Janet Evanovich''' starting her career writing romances for publishers such as [[Loveswept]]. After she famously "ran out of positions to write about", she turned to single-title fiction. Her hapless bounty hunter creation, [[Stephanie Plum]], has made Evanovich a superstar while they focus on Stephanie's continuing attempts to juggle two men while blowing up countless cars.
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Writing for [[Loveswept]], she published nine romances.
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'''Janet Evanovich''' (née Schneider; April 22, 1943) is an American writer. 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 former lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losing her job. The novels in this series have been on The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller lists. Evanovich has had her last seventeen Plums debut at #1 on the NY Times Best Sellers list and eleven of them have hit #1 on USA Today Best-Selling Books list. She has over two hundred million books in print worldwide, and her books have been translated into over 40 languages.
  
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Janet Evanovich returned to the romance realm when she co-authored a series of books with author [[Charlotte Hughes]].
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==On the Web==
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* Website [https://evanovich.com/]
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* Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janet_Evanovich]
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==See Also==
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* [[Steffie Hall]]
  
 
== Books ==
 
== Books ==
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* [[Back To The Bedroom|''Back To The Bedroom '']] - November 1989,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #362]]  
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* ''[[Back To The Bedroom]]'' - 1989
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* [[The Grand Finale|''Grand Finale, The'']] - May 1988,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #254]]  
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* ''[[Dirty Thirty]]'' - 2023
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* [[Ivan Takes A Wife/Love Overboard|''Ivan Takes A Wife/Love Overboard '']] - August 1989,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #343]]  
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* ''[[Eleven On Top]]'' - 2005
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* [[Manhunt|''Manhunt '']] - January 1989,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #303]]  
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* ''[[Explosive Eighteen]]'' - 2011
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* [[Naughty Neighbor|''Naughty Neighbor '']] - April 1992,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #537]]  
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* ''[[Fearless Fourteen]]'' - 2008
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* [[One For The Money|''One For The Money'']] ([[Stephanie Plum]] series)
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* ''[[Finger Lickin' Fifteen]]'' - 2009
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* [[The Rocky Road To Romance|''Rocky Road To Romance, The'']] - March 1991,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #460]]  
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* ''[[Fortune And Glory]]'' - 2020
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* [[Smitten|''Smitten '']] - April 1990,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #392]]  
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* ''[[Four To Score]]'' - 1998
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* [[Thanksgiving|''Thanksgiving '']] - November 1988,  [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #289]]  
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* ''[[Game On]]'' - 2021
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* [[Two For The Dough|''Two For The Dough'']] - 1996 ([[Stephanie Plum]] series)
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* ''[[Going Rogue]]'' - 2022
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* [[Wife For Hire|''Wife For Hire '']] - September 1990, [[Loveswept By The Numbers|Loveswept #422]]  
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* ''[[The Grand Finale|Grand Finale, The]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Hard Eight]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Hardcore Twenty-Four]]'' - 2017
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* ''[[High Five]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Hot Six]]'' - 2000
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* ''[[Ivan Takes A Wife // Love Overboard]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[A King's Ransom|King's Ransom, A]]'' - 2025
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* ''[[The Last Peep|Last Peep, The]]'' - 1999
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* ''[[Lean Mean Thirteen]]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Look Alive Twenty-Five]]'' - 2018
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* ''[[Love Overboard]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[Manhunt]]'' - 1989
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* ''[[Metro Girl]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Motor Mouth]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Naughty Neighbor]]'' - 1992
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* ''[[Notorious Nineteen]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Now Or Never]]'' - 2024
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* ''[[One For The Money]]'' - 1994
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* ''[[Plum Lovin']]'' - 2007
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* ''[[Plum Lucky]]'' - 2008
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* ''[[Plum Spooky]]'' - 2009
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* ''[[The Recovery Agent|Recovery Agent, The]]'' - 2022
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* ''[[The Rocky Road To Romance|Rocky Road To Romance, The]]'' - 1991
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* ''[[Seven Up]]'' - 2001
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* ''[[Sizzling Sixteen]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Smitten]]'' - 1990
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* ''[[Smokin' Seventeen]]'' - 2011
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* ''[[Takedown Twenty]]'' - 2013
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* ''[[Ten Big Ones]]'' - 2004
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* ''[[Thanksgiving]]'' - 1988
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* ''[[Three To Get Deadly]]'' - 1997
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* ''[[To The Nines]]'' - 2003
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* ''[[Top Secret Twenty-One]]'' - 2014
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* ''[[Tricky Twenty-Two]]'' - 2015
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* ''[[Turbo Twenty-Three]]'' - 2016
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* ''[[Twelve Sharp]]'' - 2006
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* ''[[Twisted Twenty-Six]]'' - 2019
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* ''[[Two For The Dough]]'' - 1996
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* ''[[Visions Of Sugar Plums]]'' - 2002
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* ''[[Wicked Appetite]]'' - 2010
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* ''[[Wicked Business]]'' - 2012
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* ''[[Wife For Hire]]'' - 1990
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==Series/Related Titles==
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'''Alexandra Barnaby'''
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# ''[[Metro Girl]]''
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# ''[[Motor Mouth]]''
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# ''[[Troublemaker]]''
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# ''[[Troublemaker 2]]''
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'''Elsie Hawkins'''
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# ''[[Back To The Bedroom]]''
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# ''[[Smitten]]''
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# ''[[Wife For Hire]]''
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# ''[[The Rocky Road To Romance]]''
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'''Gabriella Rose'''
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# ''[[The Recovery Agent]]''
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# ''[[A King's Ransom]]''
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'''Stephanie Plum'''
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::  .5 ''[[The Last Peep]]''
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:  1. ''[[One For The Money]]''
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:  2. ''[[Two For The Dough]]''
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:  3. ''[[Three To Get Deadly]]''
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:  4. ''[[Four To Score]]''
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:  5. ''[[High Five]]''
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:  6. ''[[Hot Six]]''
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:  7. ''[[Seven Up]]''
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:  8. ''[[Hard Eight]]''
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::  8.5 ''[[Visions Of Sugar Plums]]''
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:  9. ''[[To The Nines]]''
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:  10. ''[[Ten Big Ones]]''
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:  11. ''[[Eleven On Top]]''
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:  12. ''[[Twelve Sharp]]''
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::  12.5 ''[[Plum Lovin']]''
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:  13. ''[[Lean Mean Thirteen]]''
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::  13.5 ''[[Plum Lucky]]''
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:  14. ''[[Fearless Fourteen]]''
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::  14.5 ''[[Plum Spooky]]''
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:  15. ''[[Finger Lickin' Fifteen]]''
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:  16. ''[[Sizzling Sixteen]]''
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:  17. ''[[Smokin' Seventeen]]''
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:  18. ''[[Explosive Eighteen]]''
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:  19. ''[[Notorious Nineteen]]''
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:  20. ''[[Takedown Twenty]]''
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:  21. ''[[Top Secret Twenty-One]]''
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:  22. ''[[Tricky Twenty-Two]]''
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:  23. ''[[Turbo Twenty-Three]]''
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:  24. ''[[Hardcore Twenty-Four]]''
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:  25. ''[[Look Alive Twenty-Five]]''
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:  26. ''[[Twisted Twenty-Six]]''
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:  27. ''[[Fortune And Glory]]''
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:  28. ''[[Game On]]''
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:  29. ''[[Going Rogue]]''
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:  30. ''[[Dirty Thirty]]''
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: 31. ''[[Now Or Never]]''
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'''Wicked Lizzy & Diesel''' (multi-author series)
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# ''[[Wicked Appetite]]''
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# ''[[Wicked Business]]''
  
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== Awards/Honors ==
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==Awards==
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* [[1998 Career Achievement Award Winners|1998 Career Achievement Award Winner]] - [[Romantic Times Magazine]] - Contemporary Suspense
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*2011  [[Goodreads Choice Award]] Winner - Mystery & Thriller, ''[[Smokin' Seventeen]]''
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* [[2002 Career Achievement Award Winners|2002 Career Achievement Award Winner]] - [[Romantic Times Magazine]] - Female Sleuth
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*2002  [[All About Romance Reader Award]] Winner - Most Disappointing Read, ''[[Hard Eight]]''
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*2000  [[Romance Readers Anonymous Award]] Winner - Best Romantic Novel Outside the Romance Genre, ''[[Hot Six]]''
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*1998  [[Dilys Award]] Winner - Mystery Novel, ''[[Three To Get Ready]]''
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*1995  [[Dilys Award]] Winner - Mystery Novel, ''[[One For The Money]]''
  
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== On the Web ==
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==Recognitions==
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* [http://www.evanovich.com/ Janet Evanovich]
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*2023  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Dirty Thirty]]''
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*2022  [[Book Club Picks]] Costco's Buyer's Pick, ''[[Going Rogue]]''
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*2022  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Going Rogue]]''
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*2022  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[The Recovery Agent]]''
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*2021  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Game On]]''
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*2017  [[Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites]] - Mysteries & Thrillers, ''[[Hardcore Twenty-Four]]''
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*2008  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[Plum Lucky]]''
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*2007  [[Audies]] Finalist - Fiction-Abridged, ''[[Motor Mouth]]''
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*2007  [[Listen Up]] Editor's Choice - Fun Fiction, ''[[Plum Lovin']]''
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*2004  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[Metro Girl]]''
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*2002  [[Book Club Picks]] Pennie's Picks (Costco), ''[[One For The Money]]''
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*2001  [[Dilys Award]] Nominee - Mystery Novel, ''[[Hot Six]]''
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*2000  [[Anthony Award]] Nominee - Novel, ''[[High Five]]''
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*1996  [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[Two For The Dough]]''
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*1995  [[Anthony Award]] Nominee - Novel, ''[[One For The Money]]''
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*1995  [[Edgar Allan Poe Award]] Nominee, ''[[One For The Money]]''
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*1994  [[Booklist]] Starred Review, ''[[One For The Money]]''
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*1994  [[Kirkus Reviews]] Starred Review, ''[[One For The Money]]''
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*1994  [[Publishers Weekly]] Starred Review, ''[[One For The Money]]''
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*1990  [[Romance Writers of America (RWA) Awards|RITA Award]] Finalist - Short Contemporary Romance, ''[[Back To The Bedroom]]''
  
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== Related Authors/Friends ==
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== Awards (body of work)==
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* [[Charlotte Hughes]]
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*2002  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Female Sleuth
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*1998  [[RT Career Achievement Award]] Winner - Contemporary Suspense

Latest revision as of 19:05, 11 January 2025


Janet Evanovich (née Schneider; April 22, 1943) is an American writer. 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 former lingerie buyer from Trenton, New Jersey, who becomes a bounty hunter to make ends meet after losing her job. The novels in this series have been on The New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestseller lists. Evanovich has had her last seventeen Plums debut at #1 on the NY Times Best Sellers list and eleven of them have hit #1 on USA Today Best-Selling Books list. She has over two hundred million books in print worldwide, and her books have been translated into over 40 languages.

On the Web

See Also

Books

Series/Related Titles

Alexandra Barnaby

  1. Metro Girl
  2. Motor Mouth
  3. Troublemaker
  4. Troublemaker 2

Elsie Hawkins

  1. Back To The Bedroom
  2. Smitten
  3. Wife For Hire
  4. The Rocky Road To Romance

Gabriella Rose

  1. The Recovery Agent
  2. A King's Ransom

Stephanie Plum

.5 The Last Peep
1. One For The Money
2. Two For The Dough
3. Three To Get Deadly
4. Four To Score
5. High Five
6. Hot Six
7. Seven Up
8. Hard Eight
8.5 Visions Of Sugar Plums
9. To The Nines
10. Ten Big Ones
11. Eleven On Top
12. Twelve Sharp
12.5 Plum Lovin'
13. Lean Mean Thirteen
13.5 Plum Lucky
14. Fearless Fourteen
14.5 Plum Spooky
15. Finger Lickin' Fifteen
16. Sizzling Sixteen
17. Smokin' Seventeen
18. Explosive Eighteen
19. Notorious Nineteen
20. Takedown Twenty
21. Top Secret Twenty-One
22. Tricky Twenty-Two
23. Turbo Twenty-Three
24. Hardcore Twenty-Four
25. Look Alive Twenty-Five
26. Twisted Twenty-Six
27. Fortune And Glory
28. Game On
29. Going Rogue
30. Dirty Thirty
31. Now Or Never

Wicked Lizzy & Diesel (multi-author series)

  1. Wicked Appetite
  2. Wicked Business

Awards

Recognitions

Awards (body of work)

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