Meg Cabot has written novels for young adults, mysteries, and historical romances. Cabot is best known as the author of The Princess Diaries, the story of a teenage girl whose rather ordinary life changes the day she learns she has been born into royalty. That popular work has been followed by a pair of sequels: The Princess Diaries Volume II: Princess in the Spotlight and The Princess Diaries Volume III: Princess in Love.

Speaking of her childhood, Cabot told Cathy Sova of the Romance Reader: "I was born in Bloomington, Indiana. My childhood was spent in pursuit of air conditioning. A primary source proved to be the Monroe County Public Library, where I whiled away many hours, reading the complete works of Jane Austen, Judy Blume, and Barbara Cartland." After graduating from Indiana University with a fine arts degree, Cabot moved to New York City with the intention...