New Book and New Normal

Little Bridge series

It’s beginning to look as if many of us are journeying out of the darkness . . . And into the light! Spring is here at last, and so many good things are happening: Here in the US, we’re entering a new normal… (Part of entering the new normal is remembering not to wear see-through […]

Corona Princess Diaries Day 3

Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]

Corona Princess Diaries – Day 2

Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]

Corona Princess Diaries – Day 1

Coming in March 2023 From the desk of Princess Amelia “Mia” Mignonette Thermopolis Moscovitz Renaldo (and her royal biographer, Meg Cabot) as well as Avon Books, comes the book so many have been waiting for! During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of […]

The Boy Is Back

Can you believe summer is over? I can’t. But I guess I’m glad if it means 2016 is going away. Not that parts of it weren’t great. Remember how much fun we (okay, I) had when Remembrance came out? And Royal Wedding Disaster?  And the Rio Olympics? And the Rizzoli and Isles finale? I WILL MISS YOU […]

Happy Summer Reading

Happy Official Start of Summer (in the US, at least) and welcome back to the blog! What are your goals for the summer? (If it’s summer where you are.) Mine are to finish writing and illustrating the THIRD Princess Olivia of Genovia book (yes, I know the second book just came out last month, but […]

Mia is back!

I can’t believe it’s been a decade and a half since we first met that so not-ready-for-royalty princess, Mia Thermopolis, and six years since we last saw a book about about her! She–and we–have come a long way since then, from barely passing Algebra, to that first kiss from Michael, to saving Genovia, her kingdom, from financial ruin! […]

Overbite

I can’t believe my new book Overbite is HERE! For those of you who haven’t grabbed a copy yet, you can find it just about anywhere, (except your local church), from your local bookstore to your local Target . . . . it’s even downloadable in Kindle and Nook format! Some of you have written […]

Q and A with Meg Cabot

Hi, everybody! I’m home from my events in New York! They were tons of fun. Such great turn outs! Thanks to everyone who attended, and don’t forget there’ll be even MORE events the week after next in California, Illinois, and Massachusetts (check out the exact dates and times here). After my New York signings I […]

Don’t Abandon Hope

A lot of stuff has happened since I last posted. I’m not going to bother giving a recap, since you all keep up with current events. It’s been the kind of month where some of us may have felt the urge to watch way too many Lifetime Movies of the Week in a row (such […]

My Mom Is Famous Now

My mom is very excited because Garrison Keiler (best known for A Prairie Home Companion) talked about her (and her boyfriend) today on the The Writer’s Almanac. Here’s what he said (it’s even mostly accurate):

Rapture or Reckoning?

As some of you may know, certain theologians argue that at some point in the future there is going to be either a big party (known as the Rapture) . . . . . . or those of us who have been naughty are going to be in bit trouble (which will be called the […]

Sensational

Fall in New York City is always magical (even if none of the tourists seem to be heeding the advice of the fabulous Stefon on SNL), but I’m glad to be home, first of all because Henrietta missed me so much (she hasn’t stopped talking since I walked through the door) and second of all […]

Princesses, Unicorns, and Zombies

I’m leaving today for my big signing in Denver (can’t believe it’s tomorrow . . . click here to find out all the juicy details!) to benefit Craig Hospital . . . . . . and also to sneak in a visit my brother (yes, the cop) and my nieces and my mom (who is […]

Back to School Contest For Teachers/Librarians!

Remember how I said I was going to blog every day? Well, I totally meant to keep that promise. But then someone gave me a case of Back To School Stomach Flu (don’t even ask why this happens every time I go on a plane). Anyway, I’ve spent the past two days with a salad […]

The Palatine Guard Human Resources Handbook

Here are some facts that may have escaped your notice until now, but of which I feel you CANNOT go into the holiday weekend without being made aware: If you hold a sparkler to a mannequin’s dress, it WILL catch on fire. If you go away for the holiday weekend, some kids might make a […]

Vampires: Don’t try it at home

I don’t know what you were doing this past Saturday, but I went to my first ever co-ed baby shower. There was beer. Also, gambling (on how much the baby would weigh at birth). At the shower people told me they had just seen John Searles from Cosmopolitan hosting the “Summer Reads Round-Up” on NBC […]

Get Glitter Girled!

Ladies (and some of you gentlemen). I know what you want. It’s what we all want. What we’ve all been wanting for some time: And that’s to get Glitter Girled! Well, tomorrow, your Glitter Girl dreams will come true:

Keeper Shelf: Albatross by Josie Bloss

Warning: Don’t read Josie Bloss’s new book Albatross unless you have no other plans for the night.* * Edited later to add: Want to win a free copy of this book? Go here. Because when I received a copy of Albatross, He Who Shall Not Be Not In This Blog and I were supposed to […]

Keeper Shelf Monday: Fat Cat by Robin Brande

A while ago I started hearing all this buzz about this book, Fat Cat by Robin Brande. Full of romance and comedy and cool science….OK, I’ll bite. But then I heard that it also involved a heroine’s experience being “the fat girl” as well as her experience trying to get healthy. That’s when I REALLY […]

Keeper Shelf Monday: Laini Taylor

The thing I think is so cool about the author of today’s book for Keeper Shelf Monday is that she started out as an artist making her own line of cool greeting cards (something I’ve always dreamed of doing!). And then she got a got book published! Plus, she has pink hair! How cool is […]

Making Fetch Happen

I’m so out of the loop trying to finish my next Allie book, I actually can’t keep track of anything anymore! Like, I didn’t even realize this book was out yet. But it is!

What A Girl Wants

Did you get what you wanted for Christmas? I didn’t. Well, not everything. I wanted a Pomeranian puppy, a pedicab, and a new swimming pool with a built-in outdoor Jacuzzi and slide (like the one they have at Atlantis in the Bahamas, complete with sharks). But then I read this essay in the New York […]

Insatiable

Busted! I was kind of trying to keep a low profile about my adult Summer 2010 release because a) I’m still tweaking it (it’s kind of hard to finish a book when your husband breaks his ankle!), and

New in November….

It’s November…. And you know what that means! No, not pumpkin pie! (Although it means that, too!) It means, among other things…. The Glee cast album is out! Finally! I thought I was going to go crazy if I didn’t get that cast version of Bust a Move. But now I can relax. November is […]

Glitter Girls

Guess what I just got? A big box of the new Allie Finkle adventure, Glitter Girls and the Great Fake Out! I know! I was like, didn’t Allie’s Rules for Girls, Stage Fright, just come out? How can the new one be here already? But this is just the advanced reader copy (uncorrected proof) for […]

Ash by Malinda Lo

I’m so excited that Malinda Lo’s brilliant retelling of Cinderella, Ash, is finally in stores! I was fortunate enough to be able to read a review copy of this book a long time ago, and couldn’t wait to be able to talk about it with you. And now here it is! Finally! Publishers Weekly says […]

Betsy Rules

Be sure to check out my piece on the Betsy-Tacy books in today’s Wall Street Journal! Just click here. If you haven’t read the Betsy books yet…what are you waiting for? The Betsy-Tacy Books by Maud Hart Lovelace have been beloved by girls and women since they were first published in the 1940s. Fans of […]

Separated at Birth

Don’t I know you from somewhere? I knew the cover for the new book in the YA series by Robert B. Parker looked a little familiar. I just couldn’t figure out where I’d seen it before. Then I was like, Oh yeah…. That’s where! Well, they’re a little similar. And no, you can’t find that […]

Some Things I’ve Been Reading* And Watching

Since getting home from Brazil I’ve been really tired, as you can probably imagine. Who wouldn’t be after all those crazy but fun signings; the party bus; the monkeys… …then coming home to get a flu shot that has caused my arm to inflate like a piñata; all the work I have to catch up […]

The Other Clarice

Thanks so much for the love, everyone who wrote me with tips on what to wear during my book tour in Brazil over the next two weeks! I think I’m going to be fine.

What I’m loving Right Now

Okay, so, yeah, I went a little bananas because it’s back-to-school time and I just realized one of my nieces is starting kindergarten. She’s old enough for school supplies! So I accidentally went to the online Disney Store and accidentally bought her this: Which opens up to look like this: But how much would you […]

Sea Change

Summer’s not over yet! We still have a few weeks to go! So you still have time to enjoy a few more summer reads…. I remember a few years ago when I was trying to get The Mediator series published, all I got were rejections. That’s because the publishers were like, “No one wants to […]

Psych Major Syndrome

Booksellers love it. Book bloggers are giving away signed copies in their excitement over it. Even YA librarians can’t wait to get their hands on a copy. And lucky me…I’ve already read it! Take a look at this gorgeous cover! I have to admit, I’m a reluctant reader. And I’ve only gotten pickier lately. But […]

And Then Everything Unraveled

This weekend when you’re baking on the beach (or the pool, which is where I intend to be—ha, psych to any editors who are reading this…no, actually I’ll be inside in the AC working on the book I owe you even though all my friends are making fun of me because I’m getting so pale), […]