“This was very exciting. I'd never had two boys get into a fight over me before. The fact that one of the boys was my stepbrother, however, and held about as much romantic appeal for me as Max, the family dog, somewhat dampened my enthusiasm. And Michael wasn't much of a catch, either, when you actually thought about it, being a potential murderer and all. Oh, why did I have to have such a couple of losers fighting over me? Why couldn't Matt Damon and Ben Affleck fight over me? Now that would be truly excellent.”

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.