Stephanie Plum is a fictional character and the protagonist in a series of novels written by Janet Evanovich. Working as a female bounty hunter she is described by the author as "incredibly average and yet heroic if necessary."
As the series has progressed, Stephanie has become more stable and responsible, and a better bounty hunter. "But truthfully," Evanovich says, "Stephanie has stayed the same more than she’s changed."
As of July 2014, Stephanie has appeared in 21 full-length novels, four holiday novellas, and a short story in a compilation of various authors' works.
