


"But truthfully," Evanovich says, "Stephanie has stayed the same more than she's changed." Īs of 2021, Stephanie has appeared in 28 full-length novels, four holiday novellas, and a short story in a compilation of various authors' works. Įvanovich claims the inspiration for Stephanie's character came after watching Midnight Run starring Charles Grodin and Robert De Niro, adding, "If Mickey Spillane wrote Archie and Veronica, Stephanie would be Betty." As the series has progressed, Stephanie has become more stable and responsible, and a better bounty hunter. She is described by the author as "incredibly average and yet heroic if necessary". She is a spunky combination of Nancy Drew and Dirty Harry, and-although a female bounty hunter-is the opposite of Domino Harvey. Stephanie Plum is a fictional character and the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich.
