Janet Evanovich (born Janet 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 is translated into over 40 languages. (taken from Wikipedia)
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Stephanie Plum (Fictitious character), Stephanie Plum, (Stephanie Plum, Alexandra Scott, Billie Pearce, Deedee Holt, Dr. Patrick Hunter, Frankie the Assassin, Hank Mallone, Jake Sawyer, Jamie Swift, Joseph Morelli, Kate Appleton (fictional character), Kate O'Hare (Fictitious character), Lingonberry Knudson, Lizzy and Diesel, Maggie Toone, Matt Culhane (fictional character), Max Holt, Max Holt), Megan Murphy, Michael Casey, Nick Kaharchek, Nicolas Fox, Stephanie Plum Holiday NovelID Numbers
- OLID: OL21225A
- GoodReads: 2384
- ISNI: 000000007141042X
- IMDb: nm2208656
- Library of Congress Names: n93124340
- MusicBrainz: 19c2ba61-7886-468b-b15a-08e0d5523653
- SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): RAVV099888
- VIAF: 54180657
- Wikidata: Q240547
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q240547
- YouTube: UCz8qWACXBctVjJXLLZibWxg
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- Janet Schneider Evanovich
- Janet Evanovich
- Steffie Hall
- Janet Evanovich,Janet Evanovich
- JANET EVANOVICH
- Evanovich Janet
- EVANOVICH JANET
- Janel Evanovich
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