She eventually shelved that dream and focused instead on writing other genres. Her disappointment in these early failures was so strong that she literally piled her rejections and manuscripts into a suitcase and burned them. While she saw this as a setback at the time, Evanovich has since said that the reason these books didn't work for publishers and didn't really work for her was because she was not embracing the humor her readers love about her work.
Evanovich, like her character Stephanie Plum, is an optimist. She found success when she turned instead toward work that embraced this optimism and fed into her belief that more can be learned from good experiences than bad ones, and that good people simply like to read about good things happening to other good people. While today Evanovich is known for her romantic adventure novels, her first published works were squarely rooted in the romance genre.
Her first published novel, Hero at Large , was published in under the pen name Steffie Hall. She continued to publish under that pseudonym and her own name for years. She eventually made the switch to adventure novels, joking that after a while she simply ran out of sexual positions to describe.
Though her romance novels were not as well received as her adventure stories, a number of them have been re-released due to interest from fans.
Evanovich has been publishing successfully for years with numerous books reaching the top of the New York Times Best Sellers list. While she continues to write about a large variety of characters that make up different series of books, her most loved character and the character on whom the majority of her books focus is Stephanie Plum. The irreverent and optimistic bounty hunter stars in her most popular series, as well as a secondary series comprised of holiday novellas with supernatural themes.
Sign in to vote ». Topics Mentioning This Author. Add a reference: Book Author. Search for a book to add a reference. We take abuse seriously in our discussion boards. Only flag comments that clearly need our attention. As a general rule we do not censor any content on the site. The only content we will consider removing is spam, slanderous attacks on other members, or extremely offensive content eg. We will not remove any content for bad language alone, or being critical of a particular book.
Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. One for the Money Stephanie Plum, 1 4. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars.
Two for the Dough Stephanie Plum, 2 4. Want to Read saving… Error rating book. While this author has a few funny series under her belt, my personal favorite from her is her Merry Wraith series. Yes please. Factor in numerous and various hijinks including some crazy animals, and you have the recipe for a hilariously delightful series! This series focuses on college graduate Mira James who decides to take a break from the Twin Cities and settle into Battle Lake for a spell.
After taking the job as an assistant librarian and part-timer reporter, she begins to stumble across dead bodies as you do in these country hamlets. The cast of characters here are amazing we could all use a Mrs. While there are some split-your-sides slices of humor here, there is also a touch of real life as Mira struggles with ghosts from her past as well as a possible alcohol addiction. Nothing ever gets too heavy though and they are all enjoyable reads.
This series is centered around former rich socialite Carlotta Wren. She is struggling to raise her brother alone. A Neiman Marcus worker by day, she helps move bodies at night. This series is about her struggling to adjust to her new new position in life, as well as the new attention of possible romantic interests that have cropped up.
The author also wrote several additional series, mostly light mystery, and even a few chick-lit novels. Here are the Janet Evanovich books in order for her funny mystery series, especially her Stephanie plum wacky series. Game On Stephanie Plum 28 , Under the Table , chick-lit novel. She attended the South River High School, after which she went to the Douglas College to study art, majoring in fine arts. While painting was something she did, it never really felt part of her true nature.
And soon enough, in her thirties, she started writing. About 5 years and twelve romance novels later, Janet Evanovich decided it was high time to change the themes of her books, moving from steamy, sex-laden romance novels to action-packed mysteries, a switch which sent her on a two-year journey of learning the ways of the police, as well as shooting. At the end of the two years of soul searching and training, she was ready and Stephanie Plum was born.
Because romance was still part of her heart, she could not completely move away from it, so the books in the series became romantic suspense novels evolving around the rookie bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, who is trying to find her stumbling way in the world of the hardened bond enforcement agents.
Janet Evanovich lives with her husband Pete in Florida. I picked up the first book back in the day shortly after it was published in mid-nineties and have caught up with the series ever since. The first book in Janet Evanovich series titled One For The Money was published in , and upon it receiving overall positive reviews and lots of kudos and praises, Janet Evanovich decided to continue the series, much to the delight of her fans.
The series was born when the author was So far author Janet Evanovich has over 75 million books sold worldwide in several languages with over 45 books written to date. Finally, in a new Janet Evanovich series was born with the title Knight and Moon. The series currently has two books.
All her series are crime mysteries involving police and evil villains.
0コメント