
In 2021 Time Magazine named The Princess Diaries one of the 100 Best YA Books of All Time. The first book in the series was published in October 2000 the series spent 48 weeks on the New York Times Children's Series Best Sellers List and was sold to publishers in 37 foreign countries.

The Princess Diaries series is the most critically acclaimed series written by Meg Cabot and has been published in more than 40 countries. Olivia Grace series Yearįrom the Notebooks of a Middle School Princessįrom the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess is a series for "tween" readers featuring Princess Mia's half-sister, Olivia Grace. Publications Children's novels Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls YearĪllie Finkle's Rules for Girls series is about 9-year-old Allie Finkle, who has to contend with moving from her suburban home to an old Victorian house, starting a new school, and making new friends. Īfter living in Indiana, California, New York, and France, she now lives in Key West, FL with her husband. She has cats, Henrietta (a one-eyed cat) (1993-Jan 2013), and Gem, about whom she often blogs.


Her novel Every Boy's Got One is loosely based on her elopement. Their wedding date, April Fool's Day, was a deliberate play on her husband's belief that only fools get married in the first place. Meg Cabot married financial writer and poet, Benjamin D. However, she soon quit this job and started working as an assistant manager of the freshman dormitory at New York University. After she graduated from Indiana University, Cabot moved to New York City, with the original aim of pursuing a career as an illustrator. Meggin Patricia Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana. She has also had number-one New York Times bestsellers, and more than 25 million copies of her books are in print across the world.

Cabot has been the recipient of numerous book awards, including the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, the American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, the Tennessee Volunteer State TASL Book Award, the Book Sense Pick, the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, the IRA/CBC Young Adult Choice, and many others. She has written and published over 50 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series Princess Diaries, which was later adapted by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films. Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist.
