Janet Evanovich 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.
20 Facts About Janet Evanovich
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Janet Evanovich has over two hundred million books in print worldwide, and her books have been translated into over 40 languages.
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Janet Evanovich is a second-generation American born in South River, New Jersey, to a machinist and a housewife.
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When Janet Evanovich had children, she chose to become a housewife like her mother.
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Janet Evanovich wrote two romances and submitted them for publishing.
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Still unable to find a publisher, Janet Evanovich stopped writing and signed with a temporary employment agency.
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Janet Evanovich's 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.
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Janet Evanovich quickly decided that she wanted to write romantic adventure novels.
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Janet Evanovich wanted to include humor, romance and adventure in her work and this fit into her style of mystery novel.
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Janet Evanovich researched more about the city of Trenton, where she wanted her books to be set.
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Janet Evanovich has continued to write romantic adventures starring Stephanie Plum.
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Shortly before One for the Money was released, Janet Evanovich sold the movie rights to Columbia TriStar for $1 million.
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Janet Evanovich's aggressive Texas spitfire attitude helped her land her dream job as a junior analyst at Blane-Grunwald where Emerson is a client.
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Dangerous Minds, the second book in the series, was written by Janet Evanovich and released in June 2017.
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In 2010 Janet Evanovich published Wicked Appetite, spinning off the character Diesel from the between the numbers Plum books.
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In 2012 Janet Evanovich published Wicked Business, the second in the series.
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In 2015 Janet Evanovich teamed up with Phoef Sutton for the third novel in the series, Wicked Charms.
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Janet Evanovich began a collaborative effort with Charlotte Hughes because she wanted to see some of her other ideas on paper but did not have the time to write them.
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Janet Evanovich was selected for the inaugural 2021 Forbes 50 Over 50; made up of entrepreneurs, leaders, scientists and creators who are over the age of 50.
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Janet Evanovich generally creates a brief outline before beginning a new book, with one or two sentences about what will happen in each chapter.