Janet Evanovich (born April 22, 1943) is an iconic, chart-topping American contemporary romance and mystery novelist whose blockbuster bounty hunter sagas have sold over 200 million copies worldwide. Raised in South River, New Jersey, she studied fine arts at Douglass College before pivoting to a commercial writing career, navigating a decade of heavy publishing rejections before selling her 1987 romance debut, Hero at Large, under the pseudonym Steffie Hall. Evanovich vaulted into international literary superstardom in 1994 with One for the Money, an international bestseller that introduced readers to the irreverent, lingerie-buyer-turned-bounty-hunter Stephanie Plum. Set against the working-class streets of Trenton, New Jersey, the masterfully comedic series launched a massive multimedia empire, including a 2012 Hollywood film adaptation starring Katherine Heigl. Renowned for her lightning-fast pacing, snappy dialogue, and quirky character ensembles, she has expanded her literary domain through collaborative bestsellers like the Fox and O'Hare capers (with Lee Goldberg), the supernatural Lizzy and Diesel series, the Knight and Moon thrillers, and her high-octane archaeology franchise, The Recovery Agent. Still a dominant force on national bestseller lists, she marked the monumental continuation of her core series by publishing her latest action-packed thriller, Now or Never: A Stephanie Plum Novel.
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