More Chick Lit/New Contest

I’m finally home from my medical odyssey and of course I was greeted by my psychotic cat Henrietta who has slight senile dementia and didn’t remember me (I was only gone a week) and tried to attack me until I explained I was her Two Legs and she finally calmed down. Anyway, regarding the mail, […]

Books (Mine!) ‘n Art (Yours!)

I hope you’ve all seen the beautiful new flash images at the top of Megcabot.com, letting everyone know about (most of) my Spring/Summer releases! Big thanks to Janey and her hard-working team…. And I’m sure you’ve noticed by now that the anthology I’ve got a novella appearing in along with Michele Jaffe, Kim Harrison, Stephanie […]

Oops

This past weekend…. He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog overheard me on the phone with a reporter who was interviewing me about HOW TO BE POPULAR. After I'd hung up, the following conversation ensued*: (*It should be noted that, by mutual agreement, I do not read HWSNBNITB's poetry, and he does not […]

BREAKING NEWS

Meg on Today! Be sure to check out my appearance on the Today Show tomorrow morning, Friday, August 4, between 7AM-9AM (unless I get bumped for the war. Or Castro. Or another tropical storm). Today Show regular Dr. Ruth Peters and I will be discussing issues involving popularity. I'm told that I'll be talking specifically […]

Stickers and Myspace and Tours, Oh My!

The rumors are true: I've got'em all! A promo deal just for you with Clinique.com; my very own Myspace; and the dates, places, and times for the How To Be Popular Book Tour! First things first: If you've purchased a copy of HOW TO BE POPULAR, you might have noticed there was a set of […]

H2BP

HOW TO BE POPULAR is in US stores TODAY! Here's a special Google video of me reading from my favorite part (that's an advanced reader copy I'm holding, not the actual book. The book is hardcover) of H2BP (as I like to call it) at Book Expo America last May! Click here to see the […]

THREE MORE DAYS!

Three more days until HOW TO BE POPULAR is on sale in the US! And the first review (from Kirkus) is in! Armed with a plan, Steph Landry starts junior year determined to shake her place as the butt of her town's saying, “Don't pull a Steph Landry.” The saying, coined by her stereotypically popular […]

HOW TO BE POPULAR sneak peek

It's here! The HOW TO BE POPULAR sneak peek!!! HOW TO BE POPULAR is about a girl named Steph Landry, who–due to an unfortunate incident involving a Big Red Super Big Gulp and the white denim skirt of the most popular girl in town, Lauren Moffatt–has been a social outcast for most of her teen […]

ANSWERS!

People have been emailing me with tons of questions about the new books (and demanding that I write Harry Potter's Honeymoon at Hotel Erotica Cabo). Here are some answers: Why are there two different covers for How To Be Popular? There aren't. There is one cover…and a silver foil slip cover. You'll see when the […]

MAD HOT BOOKS

Okay, so for those of you who've been asking: I think I finally have the definitive US on-sale dates down for my upcoming releases. Here goes: HOW TO BE POPULAR, YA stand alone romantic comedyIn US stores July 25, 2006Sneak peek coming soon. VALENTINE PRINCESS, a Princess Diaries novellaIn US stores December 12, 2006 IT'S […]

PARTY PRINCESS CHAT

Wanna chat about your favorite princess and mine? Well, show up to the Party Princess Online Chat this Sunday at 7PM Eastern Standard Time, where you can ask Mia Thermopolis's creator (that'd be me) anything you want to know about the one girl in the world who DOESN'T want to wear a tiara. Here is […]