
We really had to rely on the advice of our editor, Sierra Hahn.īookShelf: What was your collaborative process for working on this book with Janet Evanovich and Joëlle Jones?Īlex Evanovich: I came up with the plot and outlined each book. Other than being comic-book fanatics, Janet and I don’t have any background in comics and graphic novels. It was a takeoff on Batman, but with hamsters and beavers.

Writing a comic book was sort of a lifelong dream come true for us.īookShelf: What is your background in comics and graphic novels, and how do you apply that to Troublemaker?Īlex Evanovich: Many years ago I used to make a comic for the site called Batster.

When Dark Horse approached us with the offer to do a graphic novel based on the characters from Metro Girl and Motor Mouth, we couldn’t say no. To this day we still have a subscription to Uncle Scrooge Adventures. How did this project come about?Īlex Evanovich: Janet and I have always loved comic books. We spoke to Alex Evanovich about writing Troublemaker, her lifelong love of comic books, and thoughts on mother-daughter collaboration.īookShelf: Troublemaker continues the hit Alex Barnaby series in graphic-novel form. Set in the same world as the hit novels Metro Girl and Motor Mouth, Troublemaker will feature the further adventures of Barnaby and Hooker, gorgeously illustrated by Joëlle Jones. o Watch for her signing at the Dark Horse booth at the San Diego Comic-Con.Excitement has been building ever since Since Dark Horse Comics announced that New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich and daughter Alex Evanovich would write the original graphic novel Troublemaker. Horrible)! o Janet Evanovich has been a #1 New York Times bestseller fourteen times, and her novels have sold over 90 million copies. o Janet Evanovich, author of Finger Lickin' Fifteen, continues her New York Times best-selling Barnaby series with her very first graphic novel! o Written by Janet and Alex Evanovich, and illustrated by Jo lle Jones (Dr. A man has gone missing, and in order to find him Barnaby and Hooker will have to go deep into the underbelly of Miami and southern Florida, surviving Petro Voodoo, explosions, gift-wrapped body parts, a deadly swamp chase, and Hooker's mom. There's no steering clear of trouble or Hooker when friends Rosa and Felicia call for help. Unfortunately, she's also drawn to Hooker in the same fashion.

Alex, an auto mechanic and spotter for racecar driver Sam Hooker, is drawn to trouble like a giant palmetto bug to a day-old taco. Alex Barnaby and Sam Hooker are back together and fighting crime the only way they know how-by leaving a trail of chaos, panic, and disorder.
