“I really wanted to be veterinarian, but I got a 410 on my math SATs.”

American novelist, contemporary

Meggin Patricia Cabot is an American novelist known for young adult and adult fiction. She is best known for The Princess Diaries series, which was later adapted into two Walt Disney Pictures films. Cabot has written and published more than 80 novels and has received numerous book awards, including honors from the New York Public Library, the American Library Association, the Tennessee Volunteer State TASL Book Award, the Book Sense Pick, the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, and the IRA/CBC Young Adult Choice. Her books have also reached number one on The New York Times bestseller list, and more than 25 million copies are in print worldwide.