Meg
New York Times Bestselling Author
Writer of Adult, Tweens & Teens books
Travels from: Key West, FL

“Meg Cabot is a fabulous author.” — USA Today

Meg Cabot is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for both adults and tweens/teens. Born in the year of the Fire Horse (a notoriously unlucky astrological sign) and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, Meg also lived in Grenoble, France and Carmel, California (the setting for her bestselling Mediator series) 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 (an experience from which she occasionally drew inspiration for her best-selling Heather Wells mystery series), Meg wrote The Princess Diaries series, which was made into several hit movies by Disney, despite been banned in several countries—as well as multiple US school libraries—for its frank and humorous depictions of female empowerment.

While over 25 million copies of Meg’s 100+ published books have been sold in 38 countries, Meg’s most proud of being banned for speaking out about women’s rights, and for the letters she’s received from fans thanking her for helping them to not only overcome their “dislike of reading,” but their feelings of depression.

Some of Meg’s other fan favorite books include the 1-800-Where-R-You? series (which has been reprinted under the title Vanished and made into the Lifetime series Missing), as well as All-American Girl; Ready or Not (Meg’s most banned book), and Avalon High (on which an original Disney Channel movie was based), and several books told entirely in emails and text messages (Boy Next Door/Boy Meets Girl/Every Boy’s Got One/The Boy is Back).

Meg’s first ever adult book in the Princess Diaries series, Royal Wedding, has turned into a popular gift for new brides. It was followed by Quarantine Princess Diaries in 2023. 10% of Meg’s proceeds from the sales of this book are going to real life royal Princess Mabel van Oranje of the Netherlands’ charity to end child marriage (www.vowforgirls.org). A new Princess Diaries series for younger readers, From the Notebook of a Middle School Princess, which Meg also illustrated, debuted in 2015, and was followed by three sequels.

In 2019, Meg authored a Black Canary graphic novel for DC Zoom for middle-grade readers with illustrator Cara McGee, and in 2026, she will launch a new graphic novel series for kids, The Detective Baby, with illustrator Amelia Allore. All of the books Meg’s two new adult contemporary series, one set on the fictional Little Bridge Island in the Florida Keys, and the other in the fictional village of West Harbor, CT, focus on a different couple and their sometimes humorous, sometimes serious romantic struggles, but are guaranteed to have a Happily Ever After (with plenty of sunshine, margaritas, and occasional magic spells).

Meg Cabot (her last name rhymes with habit, as in “her books can be habit forming”) currently lives in Key West, Florida with her husband and various cats. If you see her husband, please do not tell him that he married a fire horse, as he has not figured it out yet.

Meg's Featured Titles

Educating Caroline

Gallery Books |
Historical Fiction

With The Princess Diaries author Meg Cabot’s sparkling wit, this Victorian romance follows a young woman looking for lessons in love—now with a stunning new cover.

Lady Caroline Linford is horrified to discover her fiancé, the Marquis of Winchilsea, in the arms of another woman. Unfortunately, the rest of Victorian society doesn’t seem to understand the betrayal. Such extracurriculars are par for the course—society believes there is certainly no reason for Caroline to cancel their imminent wedding.

But Caroline is determined to make sure that the man she is to marry will desire only her, so she enlists the best teacher in the art of romance: London’s most notorious rake, Braden Granville.

As their passionate tutelage begins, sparks fly and the lines between teacher and student get increasingly blurred. Now there is just one last lesson to learn: on the subject of true love, the heart chooses its own unpredictable ways.

Enchanted to Meet You: A Cozy Paranormal Romance with a Touch of Witch Magic, Fall Under the Spell (Witches of West Harbor)

Avon |
Romantic Comedy

A witchy rom-com from New York Times bestseller Meg Cabot about a plus size witch who must team up with a handsome stranger to help protect her village from an otherworldly force—but will she be able to protect her heart?

It’s Magic When You Meet Your Match

In her teenage years, lovelorn Jessica Gold cast a spell that went disastrously wrong, and brought her all the wrong kind of attention—as well as a lifetime ban from the World Council of Witches.

So no one is more surprised than Jess when, fifteen years later, tall, handsome WCW member Derrick Winters shows up in her quaint little village of West Harbor and claims that Jess is the Chosen One.

She’s the Chosen One

Not chosen by West Harbor’s snobby elite to style them for the town’s tricentennial ball—though Jess owns the chicest clothing boutique in town. And not chosen finally to be on the WCW, either—not that Jess would have said yes, anyway, since she’s done with any organization that tries to dictate what makes a “true” witch.

No, Jess has been chosen to help save West Harbor itself . . .

As Summer Ends, Her Power Grows

But just when Jess is beginning to think that she and Derrick might have a certain magic of their own—and not of the supernatural variety—Jess learns he may not be who she thought he was.

And suddenly Jess finds herself having to make another kind of choice: trust Derrick and work with him to combat the sinister force battling to bring down West Harbor, or use her gift as she always has: to keep herself, and her heart, safe.

Can she work her magic in time?

The Quarantine Princess Diaries: A Novel of Royal Intrigue and Family Drama During Covid-19

Avon Impulse |
Contemporary Romance

Mia Thermopolis knows just what to do in a crisis: Rule.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of Meg Cabot, the Princess’s royal biographer.

As reported in media outlets such as Entertainment WeeklyThe Mary Sue, Refinery 29Bustle, and more, from March until June of 2020, sixteen entries of the princess’s diary were leaked onto Ms. Cabot’s blog, to the delight of over a million fans.

In these entries, titled The Coronavirus Princess Diaries, the princess recorded her most heartfelt emotions while dealing with her husband’s quarantine after exposure to the virus; her personal (and political) battles while imposing health restrictions on her small European nation; life during lockdown (even in as idyllic a location as a palace on the Riviera); and of course, dealing with her demanding royal family, especially her grandmother.

Since then, readers have been clamoring for more chapters of Mia’s coronavirus diary . . . and here they are at last: The Quarantine Princess Diaries include not only the previously released entries (now edited and updated with new content), but two hundred more pages of entirely original, never-before-seen entries, including the princess’s worries over a possible royal affair; a showdown between Mia and Grandmère over the latter’s intended nuptials; the eventual development and distribution of a groundbreaking intranasal vaccine for every citizen in Genovia; and, as always, a royally happy ending.

After all we’ve been through, what could be more comforting for any lover of royal romance than snuggling up with a brand new installment of the diary of Mia Thermopolis, the princess who started it all?

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Princess Power

In this talk, which is accompanied by Power Point, I discuss the importance of princesses to me growing up. What is it about the idea of suddenly becoming royalty that so many girls (and boys) find irresistible?

In this talk, I strive to illustrate that princesses aren’t helpless victims waiting to be rescued, but symbols of empowerment. While there are those who will always argue that the popularity of princesses is due to their material riches and higher social status, I believe there’s something much deeper going on: girls just want to have choices, power, and independence!

I discuss the princesses I used for inspiration in my life and work, from starting out writing Princess Leia fan fiction at age 11, to turning that fan fiction to my own original work, writing The Princess Diaries series, having it made into popular movies, and beyond. Any of us can have our dreams come true and make our own happy ending, if we believe in ourselves–and work hard enough.

This talk can be amended to include advice on manners, getting published, etc – whatever the organizers feel works best for their audience.

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Life of a Writer

Because so many questions at my talk are generally from young aspiring writers, I use Power Point to discuss my life as a beginning writer all the way through to becoming a bestselling author with multiple awards and screen credits.

This talk is closely related to my Princess Power talk, but more craft-oriented, with more time for questions from aspiring writers. I regularly combine both talks depending on the make up of the audience.

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Mother-Daughter Princess Tea/Brunch

This is the talk I give most regularly in front of donors to libraries etc, via Power Point. It is a combination of the two talks above, with a special emphasis on stories from the Princess Diaries film set/royalty/writing/tips on princess manners – whatever the organizers will feel will work best on their donors.

I will often sit and dine with the readers for their tea/brunch before the event, then speak, then sign.

Meg’s Events

Meg’s Diary

Honors, Awards & Recognition

Multiple #1 New York Times bestsellers
Two (so far) feature films based on The Princess Diaries
One Disney Channel movie based on Avalon High
Lifetime series based on 1-800-Where-R-U
Over 25 million copies sold in over 38 countries

Media Kit

By clicking the link below you will be directed to a Google Docs Folder
where you can download author photos and cover images.

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