Meggin Patricia Cabot, better known as Meg Cabot, is a renowned American novelist born on February 1, 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. She is the daughter of Barbara and C. Victor Cabot, a college professor. Cabot also spent time living in Grenoble, France, and Carmel, California, before ultimately moving to New York City after earning her bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Indiana University.

Meg worked for ten years as an assistant residence hall director at New York University, an experience that inspired her Heather Wells mystery series. She achieved major success with the Princess Diaries series, which was adapted into two popular films by Disney, selling over 20 million copies worldwide and translated into 38 languages.

Some of her other well-known works include the 1-800-Where-R-You? series, which was adapted into the Lifetime series Missing, and other award-winning series like All-American Girl and Avalon High. Her novels are often recognized for their unique formats, including books told entirely through emails and text messages.

Cabot’s newer series include the tween favorite Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, the YA trilogy Airhead, and the Abandon series. Her adult paranormal romance novel Insatiable was followed by a sequel, Overbite. Meg is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, with her books available across the globe in vast numbers.

Meg Cabot married financial writer and poet Benjamin D. Egnatz on April 1, 1993. The couple lives in Key West with their two cats.