Forever Princess and Ransom My Heart are out today! (I know a ton of you have found them in stores already…but today’s the “official” pub date! They should be available EVERYWHERE now!) I’ve spent all day in a tiny TV studio, talking to news journalists I can’t see from all around the country! Maybe I’ll  Read more »

Happy New Year everyone! What did you do to celebrate the ringing in of 2009? I, like everyone else, watched a drag queen get dropped from the roof of a bar in a big red shoe. Did you see her? Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper interviewed her live from Key West on CNN! Piece of  Read more »

Holiday greetings, merrymakers! I’ve just gotten back from my traditional Christmas Day bike ride along the beach, trying to work off some of that peppermint bark (now I can eat more of it!) before I veg out in front of Scrooged, and as promised, I’m going to gift you all with the sneak peek of  Read more »

It’s nearly here! I’m talking about Christmas, of course. I love Christmas and everything about it—the carols, the food, the lights, the food, the TV specials, the food, the excitement in the air, the food, Santa, the food, the Christmas newsletters, just everything about it, especially the food, in case I forgot to mention that.  Read more »

If you do not live in the UK, do not read this. US readers (and the rest of the world who does not live in the UK and its territories), look away. Go read Cuteoverload instead! OK, has everyone who doesn’t live in the UK gone away? Yes? Good! Shhhh, UK readers–Do not tell anyone  Read more »

Poor Mo Rocca! He’s having a lot of trouble with the tiara he’s making for my auction to raise money for the New York Public Library’s teen programs, as he describes in his blog here. He even made a video about it! I’m very proud of Mo. I know a lot of us (I’m not  Read more »

Oh my God, you guys. So many of you RSVP’d for my NYPL event, it’s already sold out (and we haven’t even sent out the snail mail invitations we had printed up)! I guess word got out via Sarah Dessen’s blog about a certain celebrity emcee who will be in attendance….or are you all just  Read more »

I can’t believe it. But there’s less than a month until the last Princess Diaries book ever comes out! Is that even possible? But widgets don’t lie: It’s really strange to be approaching the holidays and not have a Princess Diaries book due! This is the first time in over ten years. It’s making me  Read more »

Who wants free books? You do? Then your wish is my command. For the next thirty days, HarperCollins is offering the ENTIRE first Princess Diaries book FREE online to anyone who wants it–no strings attached! Just click here. And here’s where you can pick up the widget, if you’d like to tell all your friends.  Read more »

Gah! So much has happened since I last updated this diary, I don’t know where to begin. First of all, we have a new president elect! Yes, we DID! Is it just me or does this entire country just seem…happier? I mean, I had to get on two airplanes the day after the election (from  Read more »