I was going to post a lovely and moving New Year’s message to all of you here, but unfortunately due to the hundreds of emails flooding my inbox, I’m forced to post this instead: The rumor about Zac Efron starring as Jesse in The Mediator movie is not true. I know this is the current  Read more »

I told you we’d have some opportunities for you to win copies of Princess Mia…and here’s one now…. We’re having a T-shirt design contest! Click here for details. You must be under twenty-one to enter. We’re looking for original designs/drawings that tie into the themes of Princess Mia. Some past T-shirt designs (if you’re looking  Read more »

It’s here! Princess Mia is in stores now! Well, actually it was in a few stores last week, because some booksellers couldn’t resist putting it out on shelves early for eager Christmas shoppers (I’m told. I didn’t actually see this, I just heard about it). But it, along with Princess on the Brink in paperback,  Read more »

So last time I wrote about what I wanted for Christmas. Here’s a list of what I’m getting other people (it’s okay, none of them read my blog): For my nieces, who are four and three, and love to dress up as princesses, I found these fun princess dress up clothes at My Fancy Princess.  Read more »

Check out what I just got in the mail yesterday…and no, it wasn’t a Christmas present! Author’s copies of Princess Mia! Two giant boxes of them! But that’s not all. I got these, too: For once, the paperback of the last Princess Diaries installment (Princess on the Brink) will actually be in stores at the  Read more »

Thanks to everyone who wrote in with get well wishes and reassurances for my surgery last week! I’m happy to say it went really well, although there were some surprises (no cancer though, which was my biggest fear, of course) that are going to make my recovery longer than expected. The ginormous cyst ate my  Read more »

Hi this is Janey (Meg’s web admin). I am just posting to let you all know that Meg had her surgery today. It went very well and she is doing fine!

I wasn’t going to tell you guys this, but you know I can’t keep a secret, and besides, secrets only lead to misunderstandings and gruesome murders, as we all know from reading too many madcap rom-coms and Anne Perry novels. This book is in UK stores now! It’s the British version of Big Boned! But  Read more »

A lot of people want to know why Princess Diaries 9 (click here for a sneak peek) isn’t coming out until AFTER Hannukah and Christmas. Well, that’s easy…my publishers know what you’re getting from your grandparents: Money and gift cards! And they’re hoping on December 26, you’re going to spend it on books (not just  Read more »

I don’t know about other writers, but when I’m towards the end of writing a book, I am completely unfit for human companionship. Like, I pretty much stop bathing and I can’t speak in complex sentences anymore. This is pathetic, but true. It’s a good thing I write books in short intense bursts. When I  Read more »