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Janet Evanovich


USA flag (b.1943)
Aunt of Stephanie Evanovich

aka Steffie Hall

Janet Evanovich is the No. 1 New York Times bestselling author of the Stephanie Plum novels including Turbo Twenty-Three and Tricky Twenty-Two; the Knight and Moon novels including Curious Minds, co-written with Phoef Sutton; five novels in the Fox & O'Hare series - The Heist, The Chase, The Job, The Scam and The Pursuit - co-written with Lee Goldberg; the Lizzy and Diesel novels including most recently Wicked Charms, co-written with Phoef Sutton; twelve romance novels; the Alexandra Barnaby novels; the Troublemaker graphic novels; and How I Write: Secrets of a Bestselling Author. She has won several major crime fiction awards including the CWA John Creasey Award, Dilys Award and Silver Dagger.
 

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Mystery, Romance
 
New and upcoming books
November 2024

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Now or Never
(Stephanie Plum, book 31)
Series
Full (with Charlotte Hughes)
   1. Full House (1989)
   2. Full Tilt (2003)
   3. Full Speed (2003)
   4. Full Blast (2004)
   5. Full Bloom (2005)
   6. Full Scoop (2006)
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Elsie Hawkins
   1. Back to the Bedroom (1989)
   2. Smitten (1990)
   3. Wife for Hire (1990)
   4. The Rocky Road to Romance (1991)
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Stephanie Plum
   1. One for the Money (1993)
   2. Two for the Dough (1996)
   3. Three to Get Deadly (1997)
   4. Four to Score (1998)
   5. High Five (1999)
   6. Hot Six (2000)
   7. Seven Up (2001)
   8. Hard Eight (2002)
   9. To the Nines (2003)
   10. Ten Big Ones (2004)
   11. Eleven on Top (2005)
   12. Twelve Sharp (2006)
   13. Lean Mean Thirteen (2007)
   14. Fearless Fourteen (2008)
   15. Finger Lickin' Fifteen (2009)
   16. Sizzling Sixteen (2010)
   17. Smokin' Seventeen (2011)
   18. Explosive Eighteen (2011)
   19. Notorious Nineteen (2012)
   20. Takedown Twenty (2013)
   21. Top Secret Twenty-One (2014)
   22. Tricky Twenty-Two (2015)
   23. Turbo Twenty-Three (2016)
   24. Hardcore Twenty-Four (2017)
   25. Look Alive Twenty-Five (2018)
   26. Twisted Twenty-Six (2019)
   27. Fortune and Glory (2020)
   28. Game On (2021)
   29. Going Rogue (2022)
   30. Dirty Thirty (2023)
   31. Now or Never (2024)
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Stephanie Plum Between-the-Numbers Novels
   1. Visions of Sugar Plums (2002)
   2. Plum Lovin' (2007)
   3. Plum Lucky (2008)
   4. Plum Spooky (2008)
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Barnaby & Hooker
   1. Metro Girl (2004)
   2. Motor Mouth (2006)
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Barnaby and Hooker Graphic Novel (with Alex Evanovich)
   1. Troublemaker Book 1 (2010)
   2. Troublemaker Book 2 (2010)
   3. Troublemaker Book 3 (2007)
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Lizzy and Diesel
   1. Wicked Appetite (2010)
   2. Wicked Business (2012)
   3. Wicked Charms (2015) (with Phoef Sutton)
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Culhane Family (with Dorien Kelly)
   1. Love in a Nutshell (2012)
   2. The Husband List (2013)
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Fox & O'Hare
   0.1. The Shell Game (2014) (with Lee Goldberg)
   0.5. Pros and Cons (2013) (with Lee Goldberg)
   1. The Heist (2013) (with Lee Goldberg)
   2. The Chase (2014) (with Lee Goldberg)
   3. The Job (2014) (with Lee Goldberg)
   4. The Scam (2015) (with Lee Goldberg)
   5. The Pursuit (2016) (with Lee Goldberg)
   6. The Big Kahuna (2019) (with Peter Evanovich)
   7. The Bounty (2020) (with Steve Hamilton)
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Knight and Moon
   1. Curious Minds (2016) (with Phoef Sutton)
   2. Dangerous Minds (2017)
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Novels
   Hero At Large (1987) (as by Steffie Hall)
   The Grand Finale (1988)
   Thanksgiving (1988)
   Manhunt (1988)
   Foul Play (1989) (as by Steffie Hall)
   Love Overboard (1989)
     aka Ivan Takes a Wife
   Naughty Neighbor (1992)
   Hot Stuff (2007) (with Leanne Banks)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Janet Evanovich recommends
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The Golden Spoon (2023)
Jessa Maxwell
"Two things I love are great food and a great mystery - and The Golden Spoon has both. This delicious combination of CLUE and The Great British Bakeoff kept me turning the pages all night!"
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The Sinister (2022)
(Bruno Johnson, book 9)
David Putnam
"Riveting, scary, but with plenty of wit and humanity."
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Swept Away (2021)
(Maggie, P.I. Mystery, book 9)
Rose Pressey
"Rose Pressey's books are fun!."

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Anthologies containing stories by Janet Evanovich
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Deadlier (2017)
100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women
edited by
Sophie Hannah
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First Cases 3 (1999)
New and Classic Tales of Detection
(First Cases, book 3)
edited by
Robert J Randisi

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Awards
Dilys Awards Best Book winner (1995) : One for the Money
Dagger Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) : Three to Get Deadly
Dilys Awards Best Book winner (1998) : Three to Get Deadly
Anthony Awards Best Novel nominee (2000) : High Five
Dilys Awards Best Book nominee (2001) : Hot Six


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