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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