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Janet Evanovich

American novelist · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1943 · age 83

Janet Evanovich 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...

Janet Evanovich is read about 200 times a day, in 18 languages.

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1998Dilys AwardAward1995CWA New Blood DaggerAwardDilys AwardAward1943Born22 April 1943

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Dilys Award1998
Dilys Award1995
CWA New Blood Dagger1995

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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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Born 1943 · age 83

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