Another more enigmatic male in Plum's life is Ricardo Carlos Mafioso, a.k.a. the Ranger, her mentor in the world of bounty hunting. DeCandido described Evanovich's work as a compilation of "romance, cozy, and noir," from which strange brew Evanovich has "created the heady attraction of Nancy Drew grown up." Evanovich's mystery books have crossed over into the mainstream with initial print runs of half a million copies, regularly making it onto the
New York Times bestseller list. Evanovich likewise has made it into the elite of the whodunit pantheon along with other top names in the genre such as Sue Grafton and Robert B. Parker. Not bad for a writer who started out penning anonymous romance novels.
A Jersey Girl
Born in South River, New Jersey, in 1943, Evanovich spent much of her time in "LaLa Land," as she described her childhood on her author Web site. "LaLa Land is like an out-of-body experience--while your mouth is eating lunch your mind is conversing with Captain Kirk." Gifted with a rich imagination, Evanovich spent periods of her youth lip-sinking opera or galloping about on an imaginary steed, knocking holes into her Aunt Lena's lawn.
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