Meggin Patricia Cabot (born February 1, 1967) is an American novelist. 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. 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 also had number-one New York Times bestsellers, and more than 25 million copies of her books are in print across the world.
Early life and career
Meggin Patricia Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana.[3][4] After she graduated from Indiana University, Cabot moved to New York City, with the original aim of pursuing a career as an illustrator.[3][4] However, she soon quit this job and started working as an assistant manager of the freshman dormitory at New York University.
Personal life
Meg Cabot married financial writer and poet, Benjamin D. Egnatz on April 1, 1993. Their wedding date,[1] April Fool's Day, was a deliberate play on her husband's belief that only fools get married in the first place. The wedding was an elopement in Italy.
Her novel Every Boy's Got One is loosely based on her elopement.
She has cats, Henrietta (a one-eyed cat) (1993-Jan 2013)[5], and Gem, about whom she often blogs.
After living in Indiana, California, New York, and France, she has split her time between New York, Key West, Florida, and Bloomington.
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