Meggin Patricia Cabot, known as Meg Cabot, was born and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. She is the daughter of Barbara and C. Victor Cabot, a college professor. Cabot lived in Grenoble, France, and Carmel, California, before moving to New York City after graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from Indiana University.

After working for ten years as an assistant residence hall director at New York University, Meg wrote the Princess Diaries series, which was made into two hit movies by Disney, sold over 20 million copies, and has been translated into 38 languages. Meg Cabot has written and published over 50 novels of young adult and adult fiction and is best known for her young adult series The Princess Diaries, which was adapted by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films.

Meg also authored the 1-800-Where-R-You? series, numerous other award-winning, best-selling stand-alone books and series, including All-American Girl and Avalon High. Her works have earned her numerous awards, including the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, the American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, and the Tennessee Volunteer State TASL Book Award.

Her newer series include the tween hit Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls, the YA trilogy Airhead, and Abandon. Meg is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for both adults and tweens/teens. Meg married financial writer and poet Benjamin D. Egnatz on 1 April 1993, and she currently lives in Key West with her husband and two cats.