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 Main Page Critical Reviews Novel Reviews Other Works Websites ** --Biography-- ** Janet Evanovich was born on April 22,1943 in South River, New Jersey. After graduating from high school, Evanovich enrolled at Douglass College to study art. After marrying her husband, Pete, in 1964, Evanovich had children and chose to become a housewife. With no job, she decided to write books to pass the time. She began her career writing short contemporary romance novels under the pen name Steffie Hall. But switched to using her real name after releasing her popular mystery novels featuring Stephanie Plum. There is currently fourteen books in her Stephanie Plum series, each of which consistently make the New York Times Best Seller List.