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Janet Evanovich, born on April 22, 1943, is an American renowned author. Her works are known for their humor, suspense, and crime elements, and are highly favored by readers.

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“I'm so busy writing and editing two books a year that I don't have time for painting anymore.”

Writing Years Two Book Painting Busy Editing

Author:Janet Evanovich

“I received rejection letters for ten years (one on a napkin, written in crayon.) I had all my rejection notices stored in a box. When the box was finally full I took it to the curb and set it on fire. The next day I went out and got a temp job.”

Years Jobs Next Fire Written Ten Letters Boxes Rejection Next Day Curb Crayon Napkins Year One Rejection Letters

Author:Janet Evanovich

“The golden years are for pussies. We went straight to brass.”

Years Golden Pussy Brass Golden Years

Book:Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel

Source: Fearless Fourteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel

“And the closest I've come to an out-of-body experience was when Joe Morelli took his mouth to me fourteen years ago, behind the eclair case.”

Years Body Behinds Cases Mouths Years Ago Closest Fourteen Eclairs Joe Morelli

Book:Three Plums In One: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly

Source: Three Plums In One: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly

“THE NOTE said the first clue was "in the big one." I looked at the jumble of letters that followed, and I saw no pattern. Not such a surprise, since I was missing the puzzle chromosome and couldn't do puzzles designed for nine-year-olds.”

Years Firsts Said Bigs Saws Missing Letters Notes Surprise Patterns Nine Puzzles Clue Nine Years Chromosomes

Book:More Plums in One: Four to Score, High Five, and Hot Six

Source: More Plums in One: Four to Score, High Five, and Hot Six

“When I was six years old I sprinkled sugar on my head, convinced myself it was pixie dust, wished myself invisible, and walked into the boys' bathroom at school.”

Years School Boys Six Convinced Invisible Dust Sugar Bathroom Six Year Olds Pixies Pixie Dust

Book:Twelve sharp

Source: Twelve sharp

“Omygod, I haven’t got years. I’ll have to hide in the Bat Cave.” “Once you go to the Bat Cave it’s forever, babe.” Eeek.”

Years Forever Havens Bats Caves Babe

Author:Janet Evanovich

“If anything happened to you, I'd be so destroyed they'd have to strap me to a bed and feed me through a tube. After five or six years, I might be capable of taking care of Rex. In the interim, you should assign a guardian.”

Ifs Should Years Might Care Five Happened Bed Six Capable Destroyed Guardian Tubes Interim

Author:Janet Evanovich

“When something needs to be ironed I put it in the ironing basket. If a year goes by and the item is still in the basket I throw the item away. This is a good system since eventually I end up only with clothes that don’t need ironing.”

Ifs Needs Years Stills Ends Clothes Items Baskets

Book:Three Plums In One: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly

Source: Three Plums In One: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly

“When Grandma Mazur is talking about the reason for the improved play of her 91-year-old bowling teammate, she said: "She's doing better now that we got her the longer tubing to her oxygen tank.”

Years Said Reason Play Talking Oxygen Tanks Teammate Grandma Bowling Better Now Grandma Mazur Tubing

Author:Janet Evanovich

“No one expected a first year engineering student to build the perfect bridge.”

Years Firsts Perfect Students Expected Bridges Engineering

Book:Stephanie Plum One, Two, Three: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly

Source: Stephanie Plum One, Two, Three: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get Deadly

“I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success.”

Years Stories Voice Lines My Own Industry Ten Skills Unique Come Up Speed Unique Voices

Author:Janet Evanovich

“Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to clone me... it's more to produce a book that shares my vision of positive, fun entertainment.”

Writing Years I Can Two Book Seems Fun Goal Vision Share Produce Projects Solutions Entertainment

Author:Janet Evanovich

“Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally got a book published. It was hard. I had no skills. I knew nothing about the business of getting published. So I had to keep working at it.”

Writing Trying Years Book Hard Stories Lines Ten Skills Decided I Realized Telling Stories

Author:Janet Evanovich

About the Author

Born: April 22, 1943
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 378

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Stephanie Plum One, Two, Three: One for the Money, Two for the Dough, Three to Get DeadlyRelated source material

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