Meg Cabot
The Princess Diaries is a notable work by Meg Cabot, a novel that brought her significant attention and stands among the titles that established her reputation as a novelist working in English for younger readers.
Meg Cabot was born Meggin Patricia Cabot on February 1, 1967, in Bloomington, Indiana. She attended Bloomington High School South before going on to study at Indiana University. Her work spans several creative forms — she has pursued careers as a novelist, children's writer, screenwriter, illustrator, and painter — all carried out in English.
The scale of her readership is considerable. More than twenty-five million copies of her books are in print across the world, and she holds the distinction of being a number-one New York Times bestselling author. Those figures reflect a body of work that has reached readers in large numbers across multiple titles and formats.
Avalon High is among her other notable works, further demonstrating the range of her output as a novelist and children's writer. Cabot, an American citizen, has produced work across fiction and other creative forms, with her books remaining in print and circulating worldwide.
Quotes by Meg Cabot
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Heroes are the people who carry on despite their fear, because they know the job’s got to get done and they’re the only ones left to do it.
Detention. That’s what you get at the Junipero Serra Mission Academy when you sucker punch your stepbrother on school grounds and a teacher happens to notice.
I am going to start with the sock drawer because that is clearly the most important. You can’t really concentrate on anything if your socks aren’t right.
On the elevator there was a man whose job it is just to work the elevator. He rides in it up and down all day, so the rich people don’t have to tire themselves out, pushing all the buttons. I bet he gets carsick. I looked around, but I didn’t see any throw-up. They probably take the bucket away when no one is looking.
Who plans on falling in love? It simply happens. We cannot stop it, however much we might try.
I may be a country girl who’s never been offplanet, but even I’m aware that when a Jedi walks up to you and says, “Here, have a baby,” it’s not going to end well.
Why doesn’t the CIA hire your grandmother to interrogate terror suspects? She does a much better job than they do of getting classified information.