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Brazil, Books, Paris, and Giving Thanks!

This has been the craziest fall so far here at Casa Cabot.

First of all, I just got back from Brazil, where they released Royal Wedding and a new version of The Princess Diaries with a brand new forward (by recently married Brazilian author Paula Pimento, who invited me to her wedding! How fofinha is she??)

Itwas so much fun to meet so many awesomereaders like these:

And it was amazing to see copies of the newest Princess Diaries books on theshelves.

I visited a new city every day, but I di...

9/11/01

Every year teachers let me know that the post below about my experience living in Manhattan a few dozen blocks from the World Trade Center on 9/11 has become part of their classroom curriculum, so I continue to post it annually.

Recent studies, however, have shown that many classrooms don’tteach about 9/11 at all, due to the fact thatit’s “too controversial and emotional,” and that it also isn’t a subject covered in text books and on standardized tests, so time constraints forbid it.

That’s t...

2015 September Events and October Brazil Tour!

Hello, readers, royals, and mediators! It’s been such a fun, busy summer. I’ve had a great time seeing (and hearing from) so many of you during my 15th Anniversary Princess Diaries tour to celebrate the releases of Royal Wedding and From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess!

But guess what? It’s not over yet. I’ve still got a few more (national and international) stops to make in September and October!

Read on to see if I’ll be visiting a town near you (unless of course you’re my mother...

The Royal Wedding Day is Here!

Today isthe official wedding day of Mia and Michael (according to the royal invitation in Princess Diaries #11, Royal Wedding).

To celebrate, I’m drinkingtrying to be a little kinder to everyone I know (including myself). As Mia mentions in the book, the reason people loveweddings (and brides) so much is because they’re symbols of hopefulness in a world that sometimes seems filled with sadness and despair.

So here’s a link to Mia and Michael’sWedding Play List. Dance along with me and all the...

Mia is back!

I can’t believe it’s been a decade and a half since we first metthat so not-ready-for-royalty princess, Mia Thermopolis, andsix yearssince 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!

And now they’re here at last:Royal Wedding, the first adult installment in the series that so many readers have been waiting for (and those who aren’t familiar wi...

Book tour!

Look what’s coming to a town near you! Well, hopefully….

MyPrincess Diaries/Middle School Princessbook tour!

Here are just a few of the places I’ll be this spring/summer. Not all my events/signings have been finalized so I’m onlylisting the ones I know right now for sure. Stay tuned!

Dallas, TX
The RT Booklovers Convention
Thursday, May 14-Saturday, May 16
Click here for events I’m currently scheduled to attend!
(I’ll also be signing on Saturday in YA Alley!)

From the Notebooks of a Mi...

Spring! Contests! New Books!

Spring is here!

I know because these have arrived . . . .

Oops, no, not those. Silly me. I meant these:

Advanced reader copies of Princess Diaries #11, Royal Wedding, and From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess!

I’m so excited it’s finally here…the 15th Birthday of the publication of The Princess Diaries series, and with it, the first ever ADULT bookin the series, and the first ever middle grade bookabout a whole new princess, for a whole new generation of readers!

If you wan...

Happy Anniversary!

I can’t believe it, but it’s true. 2015 marks the 15th anniversary of the publication of the first book in The Princess Diaries series!

I know. You were just a baby back then. So was I! Look at my rosy cheeks!

Ha ha ha. Okay, so that photo totally isn’t from 2000. I don’t have any digital photos of myself from the year 2000!

As regular readers of this blog know, to celebrate the 15th Anniversary ofThe Princess Diaries, we’re going to be having all sorts of amazing events, contests, and give-away...

2014: The Year in Review

Happy Holidays!

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you know I’m pretty honest. There are some things I can’t say online because I try to be princessy, and princesses aren’t rude (to people’s faces).

But I think we can all agree that 2014 was a pretty terrible year. Borrowing from kids’ book author Megan McDonald, I started calling Summer of 2014 the Bummer Summer.

Amidst all the many national and global tragedies that occurred, He Who Shall Not Be Named In This Blog lost his father, and we...

Give a Gift of Books!

The holidays are upon us! If you want to give the gift of a Meg Cabot book, and you would like an autographed bookplate to put inside of it (plus fun bookmarks and flyers and postcards etc), for FREE, now is the time you should be sending your self-addressed stamped envelope to my PO Box, letting me know how many you need.

Write to:

Meg Cabot

P.O. Box 4904

Key West, FL 33041-4904

We’ll try to accommodate you as best we can (although it’s getting a bit close to D-Day)!

You can also send books themse...