VJ Books Presents Author Janet Evanovich!
Janet Evanovich was born in New Jersey. 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.
Evanovich began writing novels in her thirties. To learn the art of writing dialog, Evanovich took lessons in improv acting. For ten years, she attempted to write the Great American Novel, finishing three manuscripts that she was unable to sell. After someone suggested she try writing romance novels, Evanovich read several romances and discovered that she enjoyed the genre. She wrote two romances and submitted them for publishing.
Still unable to find a publisher, Evanovich stopped writing and signed with a temporary employment agency. Several months after beginning work for them, she received an offer to buy her second romance manuscript for $2,000.
After finishing her twelfth romance, however, Evanovich realized that she was more interested in writing the action sequences in her novels rather than the sex scenes. Her editors were not interested in her change of heart, so Evanovich took the next eighteen months to formulate a plan for what she actually wanted to write.
She decided that she wanted to write romantic adventure novels. Her new type of writing would contain heroes and heroines, as well as "a sense of family and community". Evanovich decided that her heroine would be a bounty hunter. To become acquainted with the demands of the career, Evanovich spent a great deal of time shadowing bond enforcement agents. She also researched more about the city of Trenton, where she wanted her books to be set.
Evanovich continues to write romantic adventures such as the Plum series, Fox and O'Hare series, Barnaby & Hooker series, Knight & Moon series, and the Lizzy & Diesel (Wicked) series. You can find Janet Evanovich signed books below this author biography.
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Book review and reading from Janet Evanovich's "The Scam"
Janet Evanovich Bibliography
Knight and Moon Series (co-authored with Phoef Sutton)
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Curious Minds - 2016
- Dangerous Minds - June 2017
Stephanie Plum Series
- One for the Money - 1994 (25th Anniversary Edition - June 2019)
- Two for the Dough - 1996
- Three to Get Deadly - 1997
- Four to Score - 1998
- High Five - 1999
- Hot Six - 2000
- Seven Up - 2001
- Hard Eight - 2002
- To the Nines - 2003
- Ten Big Ones - 2004
- Eleven on Top - 2005
- Twelve Sharp - 2006
- Lean Mean Thirteen - 2007
- Fearless Fourteen - 2008
- Finger Lickin' Fifteen - 2009
- Sizzling Sixteen - 2010
- Smokin' Seventeen - 2011
- Explosive Eighteen - 2011
- Notorious Nineteen - 2012
- Takedown Twenty - 2013
- Top Secret Twenty-One - 2014
- Tricky Twenty-Two - 2015
- Turbo Twenty-Three - 2016
- Hardcore Twenty-Four - 2017
- Look Alive Twenty-Five - November 2018
- Twisted Twenty-Six - November 2019
Other Stephanie Plum Stories
- Visions of Sugar Plums - 2002
- Plum Lovin' - 2007
- Plum Lucky - 2008
- Plum Spooky - 2009
Lizzy and Diesel Wicked Series (co-authored with Phoef Sutton)
- Wicked Appetite - 2010
- Wicked Business - 2012
- Wicked Charms - 2015
Barnaby and Hooker Series
- Metro Girl - 2004
- Motor Mouth - 2006
- Trouble Maker - 2010
Full Series (co-authored with Charlotte Hughes)
- Full House - 1989
- Full Tilt - 2003
- Full Speed - 2003
- Full Blast - 2004
- Full Bloom - 2005
- Full Scoop - 2006
Hot Series (co-authored with Leanne Banks)
- Hot Stuff - 2007
With Dorien Kelly
- Love in a Nutshell - 2012
- The Husband List - 2013
Fox and O'Hare Series (co-authored with Lee Goldberg)
- Pros and Cons - 2013
- The Heist - 2013
- The Chase - 2014
- The Shell Game - 2014
- The Job - 2014
- The Scam - 2015
- The Pursuit - 2016
- The Big Kahuna - March 2019 (with Peter Evanovich)
Non-Fiction
Romance Novels (originally written under the name Steffie Hall)
- Hero at Large - 1987
- Foul Play - 1989
- The Grand Finale - 1988
- Thanksgiving - 1988
- Manhunt - 1988
- Ivan Takes a Wife - 1988
- Naughty Neighbor - 1992
- Love Overboard - 2005
Elsie Hawkins Series
- Back to the Bedroom - 1989
- Smitten - 1990
- Wire for Hire - 1990
- Rocky Road to Romance - 1991
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