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Meg Cabot

Author of The Princess Diaries

178+ Works 93,706 Members 2,657 Reviews 258 Favorited

About the Author

Meg Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana on February 1, 1967. She recieved a fine arts degree from Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City, intent upon pursuing a career in freelance illustration. Illustrating, however, soon got in the way of Meg's true love, writing, and so she abandoned show more it and got a job as the assistant manager of an undergraduate dormitory at New York University, and writing on the weekends. Meg wrote both The Princess Diaries and The Mediator: Shadowland (under the name Jenny Carroll), the first books in two series for young adults which happen to be about, among other things, teenage girls dealing with unsettling family issues. Her latest book is entitled, Insatiable. Meg now writes full time, and lives in Key West, Florida with her husband. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Works by Meg Cabot

The Princess Diaries (2000) 5,374 copies, 165 reviews
Princess in the Spotlight (2001) 3,440 copies, 59 reviews
All-American Girl (2002) 3,263 copies, 74 reviews
Princess in Love (2001) 3,011 copies, 50 reviews
Size 12 Is Not Fat (2005) 2,728 copies, 95 reviews
Shadowland (2000) 2,577 copies, 78 reviews
Princess in Waiting (2003) 2,563 copies, 37 reviews
Avalon High (2005) 2,438 copies, 94 reviews
Princess in Pink (2003) 2,283 copies, 26 reviews
The Boy Next Door (2002) 2,174 copies, 56 reviews
Queen of Babble (2006) 2,014 copies, 65 reviews
Haunted aka Grave Doubts (2003) 2,012 copies, 39 reviews
Ninth Key (2001) 1,927 copies, 32 reviews
Princess in Training (2005) 1,912 copies, 26 reviews
Reunion (2001) 1,878 copies, 25 reviews
Darkest Hour (2001) 1,804 copies, 22 reviews
Twilight (2004) 1,793 copies, 33 reviews
Boy Meets Girl (2004) 1,747 copies, 37 reviews
Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (2006) — Author — 1,691 copies, 49 reviews
Airhead (2008) 1,677 copies, 85 reviews
Ready or Not (2005) 1,657 copies, 35 reviews
Teen Idol (2004) 1,541 copies, 40 reviews
Party Princess (2006) 1,540 copies, 23 reviews
Jinx (2007) 1,531 copies, 61 reviews
Abandon (2011) 1,510 copies, 132 reviews
Every Boy's Got One (2005) 1,489 copies, 32 reviews
Big Boned (2007) 1,389 copies, 47 reviews
How to Be Popular (2006) 1,327 copies, 37 reviews
Princess on the Brink (2006) 1,281 copies, 22 reviews
Insatiable (2010) — Author — 1,223 copies, 112 reviews
Princess Mia (2007) 1,197 copies, 30 reviews
Forever Princess (2009) — Author — 1,166 copies, 35 reviews
Queen of Babble in the Big City (2007) 1,158 copies, 38 reviews
Being Nikki (2009) 1,065 copies, 44 reviews
When Lightning Strikes (2001) 1,042 copies, 8 reviews
Moving Day (2008) 1,030 copies, 21 reviews
She Went All the Way (2002) 1,012 copies, 24 reviews
Project Princess (2003) 1,007 copies, 16 reviews
Pants on Fire (2007) 989 copies, 32 reviews
Queen of Babble Gets Hitched (2008) 902 copies, 26 reviews
Code Name Cassandra (2001) 815 copies, 9 reviews
Safe House (2002) 788 copies, 11 reviews
Sanctuary (2002) 755 copies, 7 reviews
Runaway (2010) 747 copies, 38 reviews
Nicola and the Viscount (2002) 734 copies, 10 reviews
Missing You (2006) 724 copies, 15 reviews
Underworld (2012) 712 copies, 33 reviews
The Princess Present (2004) 701 copies, 10 reviews
Victoria and the Rogue (2002) 677 copies, 16 reviews
Sweet Sixteen Princess (2006) 589 copies, 7 reviews
The Princess Diaries [2001 film] (2001) — Author — 588 copies, 4 reviews
Overbite (2011) 541 copies, 36 reviews
The New Girl (2008) 509 copies, 15 reviews
Size 12 and Ready to Rock (2012) 492 copies, 49 reviews
Royal Wedding (2015) 486 copies, 29 reviews
Awaken (2013) 479 copies, 26 reviews
Princess Lessons (2003) 470 copies, 12 reviews
Valentine Princess (2006) 460 copies, 7 reviews
Ransom My Heart (2009) 457 copies, 14 reviews
Best Friends and Drama Queens (2009) 452 copies, 9 reviews
No Judgments (2019) 402 copies, 24 reviews
The Bride Wore Size 12 (2013) 385 copies, 42 reviews
From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess (2015) 361 copies, 16 reviews
Stage Fright (2009) 355 copies, 8 reviews
Avalon High: Coronation: The Merlin Prophecy (2007) 332 copies, 19 reviews
Remembrance (2016) 331 copies, 21 reviews
When Lightning Strikes | Code Name Cassandra (2010) 302 copies, 7 reviews
Perfect Princess (2004) 290 copies, 3 reviews
Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out (2010) 284 copies, 8 reviews
No Offense (2020) 283 copies, 17 reviews
Holiday Princess (2005) 283 copies, 5 reviews
Educating Caroline (2001) 272 copies, 5 reviews
The Boy is Back (2016) 239 copies, 24 reviews
Black Canary: Ignite (2019) — Author — 212 copies, 11 reviews
Blast From the Past (2010) 206 copies, 2 reviews
No Words (2021) 200 copies, 11 reviews
Avalon High: Coronation: Homecoming (2007) 200 copies, 9 reviews
The Mediator 1-2 (Shadowland | Ninth Key) (2010) 193 copies, 3 reviews
Safe House | Sanctuary (2011) 188 copies, 3 reviews
Enchanted to Meet You (2023) 184 copies, 6 reviews
The Princess Diaries, Volumes I-III (2003) 179 copies, 4 reviews
Lady of Skye (2000) 160 copies
Proposal (2016) 150 copies, 11 reviews
Royal Wedding Disaster (2016) 150 copies, 6 reviews
A Little Scandal (2000) 138 copies, 2 reviews
Kiss the Bride (2002) 134 copies, 6 reviews
Where Roses Grow Wild (1998) 122 copies, 5 reviews
An Improper Proposal (1999) 119 copies, 5 reviews
Portrait of My Heart (1999) 114 copies, 3 reviews
Avalon High: Coronation: Hunter's Moon (2009) 97 copies, 3 reviews
The Princess Diaries, Volumes I-II (2002) 91 copies, 2 reviews
Royal Crush (2017) 90 copies, 6 reviews
Mean Spirits & Young Blood (2010) 82 copies
Grave Doubts & Heaven Sent (2010) 78 copies
Bridal Boot Camp (2019) 68 copies, 4 reviews
The Princess Diaries, Volumes I-IV (2003) 65 copies, 2 reviews
Royal Crown (2018) 64 copies, 2 reviews
The Quarantine Princess Diaries (2023) 62 copies, 2 reviews
The Princess Diaries Guide to Life (2003) 46 copies, 1 review
The Princess Diaries Files (2004) 34 copies
Every Girl's Dream 32 copies, 2 reviews
Royal Day Out (2016) 31 copies, 2 reviews
The Princess Diaries 2 - Intermediate (2005) 30 copies, 9 reviews
The Princess Diaries, Book 1 (2005) 24 copies, 4 reviews
The Princess Diaries, Book 3 (2007) 15 copies, 3 reviews
The Princess Diaries, Book 4 (2007) 13 copies, 4 reviews
Educating Caroline (2024) 12 copies, 1 review
The Princess Diaries, Volumes I-VIII (2007) 11 copies, 2 reviews
Abandon Trilogy (2013) 7 copies
Vacances à Paris (2016) 3 copies
Jinx Manga 1 (2012) 3 copies
Le camp d'été (2017) 2 copies
Vanished, Books 1-4 (2011) 1 copy
Queen of Babble Bundle (2010) 1 copy
After Eight 1 copy
To The Nines 1 copy
High Stakes 1 copy
Mean Spirits 1 copy
Young Blood 1 copy
Grave Doubts 1 copy
Heaven Scent 1 copy
Fashionably Undead (2010) 1 copy

Associated Works

Pride and Prejudice (1813) — Foreword, some editions — 84,132 copies, 1,392 reviews
Jane Eyre (1847) — Introduction, some editions — 61,387 copies, 933 reviews
Prom Nights from Hell (2007) — Contributor — 1,452 copies, 52 reviews
Zombies vs. Unicorns (2010) — Contributor — 1,345 copies, 93 reviews
From a Certain Point of View: 40 Stories Celebrating 40 Years of Star Wars (2017) — Contributor; Contributor — 893 copies, 37 reviews
Girls Night In (2004) — Author, some editions — 583 copies, 7 reviews
The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement [2004 film] (2004) — Original book — 465 copies, 4 reviews
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out (2008) — Contributor — 370 copies, 8 reviews
Shelf Discovery: The Teen Classics We Never Stopped Reading (2009) — Contributor — 351 copies, 26 reviews
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Girl I Learned From Judy Blume (2007) — Contributor — 338 copies, 16 reviews
Foretold: 14 Tales of Prophecy and Prediction (2012) — Contributor — 267 copies, 14 reviews
A Season in the Highlands (Anthology 5-in-1) (2000) — Contributor — 257 copies
Ice Princess [2005 film] (2005) — Screenwriter — 232 copies, 4 reviews
Girls' Night Out (2006) — Contributor — 229 copies, 5 reviews
13: Thirteen Stories That Capture the Agony and Ecstasy of Being Thirteen (2003) — Contributor — 228 copies, 4 reviews
Fear: 13 Stories of Suspense and Horror (2010) — Contributor — 170 copies, 6 reviews
My Little Red Book (2009) — Contributor — 165 copies, 27 reviews
What You Wish For: A Book for Darfur (2011) — Contributor — 70 copies
Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories about Ordinary Things (2012) — Contributor — 59 copies, 1 review
Shining On: 11 Star Authors' Illuminating Stories (2006) — Contributor — 50 copies, 1 review
Midnight Feast (2007) — Contributor — 11 copies
SHORT STORIES (2004) — Contributor — 7 copies

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Statistics

Works
178
Also by
23
Members
93,706
Popularity
#99
Rating
4.1
Reviews
2,657
ISBNs
2,363
Languages
26
Favorited
258

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