Oh, you didn’t know Taylor, Scarlett, and me hang out together? Well, our shoes do, anyway.

It’s the last week of February! You know what that means: Yes…the final romance give-away from megcabot.com! But before I get into that I want to talk about the #1 question I got while I was on my mini-tour this past week. And that was, surprisingly, not “Where do you get your inspiration?” but “Where  Read more »

To celebrate Airhead making the June 1 New York Times Children’s Chapter Bestseller List (thanks, everybody!), as well as the release of Queen of Babble in the Big City in paperback, here’s a new addition to my YouTube channel—another of my Literary Classics series, this one a tribute to the beloved children’s book, Heidi: Have  Read more »

Wow! There were so many entrants to the Airhead tee shirt contest, I’m still trying to read them all! But I promise all winners will be notified by the end of this weekend, and their tee shirts shipped by next week. Your entries (the ones I’ve managed to read so far—I wasn’t expecting quite this  Read more »

It’s finally here! Airhead is officially in U.S. stores everywhere TODAY! The day their book is finally released in stores is always a special day for authors. We celebrate in various ways. Some authors send themselves flowers (if their mom fails to do so first). Some authors choose to pop open a bottle of champagne  Read more »

As of Monday, I’ll be in Atlanta for the International Reading Association (IRA) annual convention! I’ll be speaking there (along with some other fantastic authors) at the Scholastic Book Clubs Annual Breakfast Tuesday morning from 7:00AM-8:30AM (I know what you’re thinking: Isn’t 8:30AM the time Meg usually wakes up? Yes. Yes, it is. It’s going  Read more »

There’s a sneak peek to the first two chapters of my May release, Airhead, up now! Click here to see it (this link is guaranteed a pop-up so you won’t have to worry about getting back to this page) (Yes, I’m still very proud of myself for learning how to do this)! And be sure  Read more »

I’m on Jezebel! I never thought it would happen, but I’m on one of my favorite fashion/gossip/feminism (and also, on Fridays, YA lit) sites, Jezebel. I guess I’m not the only one feeling a lot of John Hughes nostalgia these days. The fuss is all about this: Although truthfully my favorite John Hughes movie was  Read more »

I am writing this from Minnesota where I just gave a speech to like 400 fantastic, enthusiastic, hilarious librarians. Go librarians!!! If you haven’t done so already, hug your librarian today. I’m giving another speech tonight at the Hennepin County Library in Minnetonka. It is true what they say about Minnesota…cold country–but very warm hearts!  Read more »

So, guess what? If you’d like a FREE, ADVANCED READER COPY of my new May release, AIRHEAD, all you have to do is email your name and home mailing address to thisispoint@scholastic.com, and you’ll be eligible to win! It’s first come, first serve, but there are 200 copies to give away! Quite good odds, if  Read more »