(DLA Las Piñas HS LRC) July Author of the Month - Meg Cabot

Meg Cabot (born Meggin Patricia Cabot on February 1, 1967 in Bloomington, Indiana) is an American author of romantic and paranormal fiction for teens and adults and used to write under several pen names, but now writes exclusively under her real name. She has written and published over fifty books, and is best known for The Princess Diaries, later made by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films of the same name.

Meg's books have been the recipients of many awards. She has also had numerous No. 1 New York Times bestsellers. Cabot has more than fifteen million copies of her books — children's, young adult, and adult—in print worldwide.

After she graduated from Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City, with the original aim of pursuing a career as an illustrator in 1991. However, she soon quit this job and started working as an assistant manager of the freshman dormitory at New York University. Meg Cabot married financial writer and poet Benjamin D. Egnatz on April 1, 1993.

Their wedding date, April Fool's Day, was a deliberate play on her husband's belief that only fools get married in the first place. The wedding was actually an elopement in Italy. Her novel Every Boy's Got One is loosely based on her own elopement. She has two cats, Henrietta (a one eyed cat) and Gem, about whom she often blogs.

After living in Indiana, California, New York, and France, she now splits her time between New York, Key West, Florida and Bloomington. The High School Learning Resource Center in Divine Light Academy Las Piñas currently has ten (10) of her books and is still planning to acquire more. For any questions, you can always ask any of the librarians or staff members available. We'll be so glad to be of help!

Find out more about Meg and her books at her official website.