Janet Evanovich
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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Awards
- 2011 Goodreads Choice Award Winner - Mystery & Thriller, Smokin' Seventeen
- 2002 All About Romance Reader Award Winner - Most Disappointing Read, Hard Eight
- 2000 Romance Readers Anonymous Award Winner - Best Romantic Novel Outside the Romance Genre, Hot Six
- 1998 Dilys Award Winner - Mystery Novel, Three To Get Ready
- 1995 Dilys Award Winner - Mystery Novel, One For The Money
Recognitions
- 2023 Booklist Starred Review, Dirty Thirty
- 2022 Book Club Picks Costco's Buyer's Pick, Going Rogue
- 2022 Booklist Starred Review, Going Rogue
- 2022 Booklist Starred Review, The Recovery Agent
- 2021 Booklist Starred Review, Game On
- 2017 Barnes & Noble Booksellers' Favorites - Mysteries & Thrillers, Hardcore Twenty-Four
- 2008 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, Plum Lucky
- 2007 Audies Finalist - Fiction-Abridged, Motor Mouth
- 2007 Listen Up Editor's Choice - Fun Fiction, Plum Lovin'
- 2004 Booklist Starred Review, Metro Girl
- 2002 Book Club Picks Pennie's Picks (Costco), One For The Money
- 2001 Dilys Award Nominee - Mystery Novel, Hot Six
- 2000 Anthony Award Nominee - Novel, High Five
- 1996 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, Two For The Dough
- 1995 Anthony Award Nominee - Novel, One For The Money
- 1995 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominee, One For The Money
- 1994 Booklist Starred Review, One For The Money
- 1994 Kirkus Reviews Starred Review, One For The Money
- 1994 Publishers Weekly Starred Review, One For The Money
- 1990 RITA Award Finalist - Short Contemporary Romance, Back To The Bedroom
Awards (body of work)
- 2002 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Female Sleuth
- 1998 RT Career Achievement Award Winner - Contemporary Suspense
