Lefty Awards (Left Coast Crime)
2 appearances
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Edition 3 (1998) Winner
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Edition 4 (1999) Winner
Janet Evanovich
ジャネット・エヴァノビッチ
Janetto Evanovich
Aliases:
Janet Schneider
Pen Names:
Steffie Hall（Used during early romance novel writing）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1943-04-22 （South River, New Jersey）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- South River, New Jersey → Trenton, New Jersey → Hawaii → North Carolina
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Romance novelist, Mystery writer
- Active Years
- 1987-2024
- Affiliations
- Evanovich Inc.
- Nominations
- 1995 Macavity Awards Best First Mystery Novel Finalist, 1995 Anthony Awards Novel Nominated, 1994 Agatha Award First Novel Finalist, 1995 Edgar Allan Poe Award Nominated, 2000 Anthony Awards Novel Nominated
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rutgers University | Douglass Residential College | Art | — | — | United States |
Rutgers University
Douglass Residential College
/ Art
Country:
United States
Studied art; degree unknown
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Dilys Award | One for the Money | — | Independent Mystery Booksellers Association | Won |
| 1995 | New Blood Dagger | One for the Money | — | Crime Writers' Association | Won |
| 1998 | Dilys Award | Three to Get Deadly | — | Independent Mystery Booksellers Association | Won |
| 1998 | Lefty Award | Three to Get Deadly | Most Humorous Mystery | — | Won |
| 1999 | Lefty Award | Four to Score | — | — | Won |
| 2005 | Quill Award | Eleven on Top | Mystery/Suspense/Thriller | — | Won |
Dilys Award
1995
Work:
One for the Money
Organization:
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Result:
Won
New Blood Dagger
1995
Work:
One for the Money
Organization:
Crime Writers' Association
Result:
Won
Dilys Award
1998
Work:
Three to Get Deadly
Organization:
Independent Mystery Booksellers Association
Result:
Won
Lefty Award
1998
Work:
Three to Get Deadly
Category:
Most Humorous Mystery
Result:
Won
Lefty Award
1999
Work:
Four to Score
Result:
Won
Quill Award
2005
Work:
Eleven on Top
Category:
Mystery/Suspense/Thriller
Result:
Won
Awards & Nominations
Quill Award
2 appearances
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Edition 1 (2005) Winner
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Edition 2 (2006) Winner
Works
Major Works
One for the Money
1994 MysteryFirst book in the Stephanie Plum bounty hunter series.
Bounty huntingHumorRomance
Adaptations
- [Film] One for the Money / Julie Anne Robinson (2012)
Three to Get Deadly
1997 MysteryThird book in the Stephanie Plum series.
HumorMysteryFamily
Bibliography
- Stephanie Plum series (32 volumes) and many others
Adaptations
- One for the Money (film, 2012)
Translations of Works
- Translated into over 40 languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Humorous styleFirst-person narrativeFast-paced action
- Recurring Motifs
- New Jersey settingEccentric familyBounty hunter adventures
Legacy
Internationally successful with Stephanie Plum series. Over 200 million books in print worldwide, multiple #1 NY Times bestsellers.
Trivia
- Wrote romance novels under pen name Steffie Hall.
- Married Pete in 1964; family runs Evanovich Inc.
- Learned dialogue through improv acting lessons.