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All-American Girl

(All-American Girl #1)

Meg Cabot (Goodreads Author)

3.74 · Rating details · 61,730 ratings · 1,960 reviews

Top Ten Reasons Samantha Madison is in Deep Trouble

10. Her big sister is the most popular girl in school

9. Her little sister is a certified genius

8. She's in love with her big sister's boyfriend

7. She got caught selling celebrity portraits in school

6. And now she's being forced to take art classes

5. She's just saved the president of the United States from an assassination ...more

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Published July 22nd 2003 by HarperTrophy (first published June 7th 2002)

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Jun 29, 2007 Rebecca rated it liked it

Shelves: childrens-ya

This is a good book if you're just looking for a quick read on vacation or a weekend. Not too intellectually stimulating but, like many of Meg Cabot's books, a good day dream.

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Aug 27, 2013 Caitlin Brown added it

Shelves: girly-fun

Top Ten Reasons WHY You Should Read This Book:

10. It's by Meg Cabot, the brilliant woman behind The Mediator Series, The Princess Diaries and other stuffish.

9. It's a nice break from all those SUPER SERIOUS SMART BOOKS you read and, let's face it, you need a break and some good chick lit. I mean, it's great to constantly improve your mind with salad and oatmeal, but in-between a good candy bar is tasty.

8. The narrator is awesome, awkward and a total dork.

7. It's completely unbelievable and yet ...more

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Oct 23, 2014 ellemaddy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: own-a-copy, the-motherfucking-best

I love this book. I read it when I was in the fifth grade and when I reread it now it brings back so many old memories, good and bad.

I remember back in fifth grade I had like the biggest crush on these 2 guys who shall remain nameless and I just wouldn't shut up about it. Honestly I'm a bit shocked I got through the fifth grade without getting strangled by my friends at least once. I talked about these 2 guys so much that I started code naming them Jack and David from the character in All-Ameri I love this book. I read it when I was in the fifth grade and when I reread it now it brings back so many old memories, good and bad.

I remember back in fifth grade I had like the biggest crush on these 2 guys who shall remain nameless and I just wouldn't shut up about it. Honestly I'm a bit shocked I got through the fifth grade without getting strangled by my friends at least once. I talked about these 2 guys so much that I started code naming them Jack and David from the character in All-American Girl. I mean, it was crazy because I'd be like "Did you know that Jack looked back at me on math???" and my friend would be like "OK. which one is jack again?" Thinking back about it, I just want to scream. I led such an embarrassing life when I was little. But it wasn't all crazy and horrible, this book actually made me a whole lot braver. I actually got the guts to give one of my crush chocolate on valentines day (so I kinda gave everyone chocolates to cover my tracks but his was the biggest. I tried my best to be subtle about it, okay. I really did. Don't laugh at me) because I was like "OK if Sam can finally be brave enough to face David at the art class and she ended up with him then so can i" so I literally threw a huge pack of Toblerone at 'Jack' and I was like 'Here' and he looked positively scared because we've never even talked before and 'Jack' was like 'Whoa. This is for me?' and I said 'Yeah' then he said 'Thanks!' and at the end of the day I heard he started dating a senior and I cried then I swore off boys forever. The end.

I could relate to Sam because she is a middle child and so am i. Her sister is super popular and so was my sister! We're both treated like we're invisible and there's nothing special about us except the fact that we both just really really love art. I literally acted like Sam (the weird artistic girl who cares about stuff no one bothered to care about) and I even started comparing everyone I knew in real life to the characters from this book. That's how much I loved it. I even quoted words from it and spoke like the way the characters in this book did. I read this book at least twice every month and everytime my Mom caught me reading it she would roll her eyes and made a rude comment about me not having a life. Everytime we travelled I'd bring this book, Confession of a Teenage Drama Queen and Philip Pullman's The Golden Compass with me. Trust me, those 3 books are the most battered looking book I own and I'm not the kind of person who would treat my books with disrespect. I just loved those 3 books so much that they're almost always with me like a rag doll or something, I even dared to write my name at the first page of those books with glittered pen, curlicues and all.

Now I can't say that this book is the best book I've ever read or to say that this book is even better than so and so but it has sentimental value and it was one of the very first books I've read so it left such a great impression on me and that matters to me so 5/5 through and through, forever and always for this one no matter how much embarrassing shit it has put me through. ...more

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May 28, 2008 Laura rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2008, review-on-blog, young-adult

Samantha is caught selling celebrity portraits at school and so her mother decides that maybe she needs a creative outlet and signs her up for art classes. Samantha does not want to take art classes, she doesn't think that they would be any use to her, and when she runs it by her older sister's boyfriend, Jack (whom she's secretly in love with) he totally agrees with her. Samantha decides to just go to the first class and then she'll ditch it, but she finds that it is actually kind of interestin ...more

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May 28, 2017 Churin rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Audiobook rating:4,5 stars
Content rating: 4 stars

Short, fast-paced and exactly what I imagined Samantha would sounds like!
I really, really enjoy this audiobook. A sweet reminiscent of what my taste as a tween is like!
I definitely couldn't appreciate this book as much as I appreciated it as a silly little girl, but I think it's still a reasonably good book to read for a silly, angsty tween :P

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Feb 08, 2009 Steph Su rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites-2, own

Sophomore Samantha Madison is redheaded, a middle child, left-handed, and, in her opinion, one of the only teenage girls left who have not succumbed to the soul-sucking fashion trends of modern-day society. She's a wannabe radical: she dyed her wardrobe black, and she's in love with her popular older sister Lucy's boyfriend Jack, who's as "radical" as they get.

Sam thinks it's the end of her already lousy world when, as a punishment for bad grades, her parents send her to art lessons at Susan Bo ...more

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Mar 09, 2018 Bitchin' Reads rated it liked it

Shelves: young-adult, fiction, contemporary

I haven't read this in years. It isn't exactly as I remember, but still entertaining. I am really glad I got through the phase of being like Sam fast when I was growing up--the lack of maturity, the know-it-all demeanor...it is grating now, whereas I had been all "YAS GRL" as a middle-schooler/high-schooler. Signs that 10+ years of maturing experiences change one's perspective.

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May 14, 2016 Spencer rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, teen-romance, young-adult, 2019, personal-library

Top 10 Reasons I Found This Book Amazing

1. Samantha is genuinely funny. She has a great sarcastic quality. Everything she says/thinks has a bit of an edge to it.

2. Samantha is a bit of a badass. Yes, she jumps on the back of a man with a gun, but even more brave than that was when she confesses how she feels about David.

3. Samantha's confused and messed up and anxious about boys (specifically Jack and David). She's exactly like I was with boys when I was in high school.

4. Samantha has a wonderfu Top 10 Reasons I Found This Book Amazing

1. Samantha is genuinely funny. She has a great sarcastic quality. Everything she says/thinks has a bit of an edge to it.

2. Samantha is a bit of a badass. Yes, she jumps on the back of a man with a gun, but even more brave than that was when she confesses how she feels about David.

3. Samantha's confused and messed up and anxious about boys (specifically Jack and David). She's exactly like I was with boys when I was in high school.

4. Samantha has a wonderful family. They are supportive (even her sisters, which is amazing and rare). Her mom and dad are a perfect balance of strict but loving.

5. David is book boyfriend goals. He is sweet and determined. He is forgiving and funny. He is smart and witty. Even after he finds out some not perfect aspects of Samantha he still likes her.

6. Samantha isn't your typical heroine where she is perfect and knows what she wants. She's imperfectly perfect. She has failures along the way but she learns from them.

7. Susan Boone. That is the art teacher I wanted. She's not only a great educator but when her student of three weeks shows up with bread at her house randomly, she's super cool with it.

8. Samantha is a great bestie. She's supportive of Catherine wanting to date a guy from the local arcade, even going as far as going to a popular girl (she hates her) party so that Catherine could feel cool.

9. Samantha is completely confident in who she is as a person which is super crazy for a high schooler. She doesn't care that she's not popular. In fact, she doesn't want to be popular. She just wants to be who she is, which is someone that likes Gwen Stafani and painting and wearing black clothes.

10. When she realizes she's wrong about something (#Jack) she not only apologizes bit she goes above and beyond to make up for her wrongdoings.

There really are probably more, but I'm guessing you may not have made it through the whole lost anyway lol. But, seriously, it's an amazing book and you should definitely give it a try if you haven't before ...more

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Feb 09, 2008 Qian rated it really liked it

Samantha Madison was an ordinary teenager who has a great talent for drawing, but she has a weird habit is that she only wears black no matter what. Comparing to her two extraordinary sisters she is always the one who is being left out and forgot, but I guess she was satisfied with her life now. Samantha’s older sister named Lucy and she is one of the most beautiful and popular girl in her high school. Her younger sister is also remarkable because she is a genius who attend some special school f ...more

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Mar 26, 2015 Nasty Lady MJ rated it really liked it

I think this book is very interesting to look to from a political perspective. Well, like political time capsule perspective. The early 2000’s were a very different world, politically, for America and it shows in here. Ultra patriotism, right wing administration, pop culture references.

That is purely a Meg Cabot thing. Not a political thing. But still,interesting to see how things have changed in ten years. But I’m not going to bore you with that.

I really did like this book, even after all this ...more

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Aug 11, 2015 Muse-ic ♬ rated it liked it

Shelves: love-polygon, audiobook, fluff

3.5
Mediocre.
Fun. Frustrating.
Also, I've noticed that most of Meg Cabot's teenage female protagonists are very nearly the same. Sure they look different, but they all asks the same questions, they all have the same tone, most of them are outcasts, and the boys they fall in love with are the boys that correspond to each other in the books.
Another thing they all have in common? They're all insufferably ANNOYING! Like Please Kill me, I can't take any more of this annoying.

Samantha Madison sees a gu ...more

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Sep 13, 2013 Bipasha rated it really liked it

Recommended to Bipasha by: Especially people who look down upon Chick Lit

Shelves: hypetrain-and-peerpressure, addedcoverlust

3.5 All American Stars. I know, i know, I couldn't get any more obvious and cheeky in the prefixes. My Math Exams tend to do that.

TOP TEN REASONS
Samantha Madison
IS IN DEEP SHIT
(okay, fine, I know every second reviewer has reviewed this way, but I want to, and will anyway...:P)

10. Her big sister is the most popular girl in school
9. Her little sister is a certified genius
8. She's in love with her big sister's boyfriend
7. She got caught selling celebrity portraits in school
6. And now she's bein ...more

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Aug 22, 2016 Emily Snyder rated it really liked it

Oh man, I was SO obsessed with this book when I first read it. I remember thinking about it for a while after, which meant a lot to me at the time. It's been years since I've read it again, but I may have to now!

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Dec 24, 2016 Vee Nicole rated it it was ok

Relatable, funny, and captivating. It was meant for teens, but this "PG" story was full of PG-13 garbage that's literally ruining kids' lives. IE teens really need to hear about the female reproductive system in vulgar terms. Thanks for the respect and thoughtfulness, Cabot.

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May 26, 2019 Neville Longbottom rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019

I first read this book about 15 years ago when I was 13. I remember loving it because it was just such a fun and ridiculous story. So I was curious to pick it back up again as a 28 year old to see if it’s something I could still enjoy.

All-American Girl follows the story of Sam Madison after she saves the President of the United States from an assassination attempt. In the aftermath she becomes famous overnight, is named as the Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and… could there be sparks fl I first read this book about 15 years ago when I was 13. I remember loving it because it was just such a fun and ridiculous story. So I was curious to pick it back up again as a 28 year old to see if it’s something I could still enjoy.

All-American Girl follows the story of Sam Madison after she saves the President of the United States from an assassination attempt. In the aftermath she becomes famous overnight, is named as the Teen Ambassador to the United Nations, and… could there be sparks flying between her and the President’s son David? It’s obviously a very ridiculous, not believable plot but I think it’s a totally fun read. I’d be way more critical of the book if it were published today, but looking back on it as a relic from 2002, I think it’s just a sweet, funny book.

The book is definitely dated, there’s so much early 2000s era girl hate in the book. Sam is artsy and alternative and is always putting down her sister Lucy for being a cheerleader and more “typically girly.” However Sam does evolve over the course of the book and her relationship with Lucy becomes really special, especially in book 2. There’s also an instance of the R word being used as an insult, which unfortunately was really common at that time.

One thing that I didn’t remember, but was actually nice to see, is that there is a little bit of actual politics in the book. Sam argues with the President on immigration when he only wants to present a nice sanitized view of the US while Sam wants to present the harsh realities of our country. I think if a book like this came out today it would definitely be way more political than this one was.

The one really annoying thing about the book is that Sam is obsessed with her sister’s boyfriend and thinks that he should be with her instead of Lucy. While there’s no cheating and she never actively does anything to try and break them up, it’s still annoying to read about.

I honestly don’t know if I recommend this or not. I’m most definitely being somewhat blinded by nostalgia since I have such fond memories of this book. It’s definitely not the most well-written or excellently plotted piece of YA fiction, but I still think it’s super fun. I will say, that if you decide to give it a go you really need to think about the fact that it came out in 2002 and don’t judge it by the current standards of YA.
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Mar 05, 2019 Mela rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: contemporary-romance, contemporary-fiction, humor, american-literature, young-adult

I so regret that I don't know a teenage girl (let's say, between 12-16 years old), who can read books in English. I would give her to read 'All-American Girl' immediately, no matter if she would want to or not ;-)

I split YA/teenage (for them, not only about them) novels for two main groups: serious books (often sad, angry etc.) and light, funny books (but not dumb). This one belongs to the latter.

It was deliciously funny (I have laughed out loud) and also really wise. It was a rather short book, ...more

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Dec 21, 2015 Deyse rated it liked it

Shelves: read-in-portuguese, 2015-reads, once-was-not-enough

Review originally posted here.

I've lost count on how many times I read this book, All-American Girl is one of my favorite Cabot's books and when I was younger a yearly re-read was obligatory. As usual with books/movies that are favorites of mine on the past, upon a re-read things change, some things that I remembered remained the same and others not so much.

The thing that most changed for me was the way Samantha voice sounded, she seemed a lot more judgmental and immature on the way she faced th Review originally posted here.

I've lost count on how many times I read this book, All-American Girl is one of my favorite Cabot's books and when I was younger a yearly re-read was obligatory. As usual with books/movies that are favorites of mine on the past, upon a re-read things change, some things that I remembered remained the same and others not so much.

The thing that most changed for me was the way Samantha voice sounded, she seemed a lot more judgmental and immature on the way she faced things, I noticed this is a trait of Cabot's heroines and when I was younger totally worked for me, but now not so much, of course this has to do with me growing up but also I would have liked to see more growth. Sam does face a sort of coming of age story, she definitely learns to be who she is and own it, fight for her ideas, but her voice and her way of facing things on a rushed way doesn't change.

David remains the same as on my memory, meaning perfect, I really think he is a great counter part for Sam, the way he helps her figure things out with who she wants to be and showing her ways to face things on a more smart way and not all fighting and kicking as Sam would usually choose. I also love how their romance never took the front seat of the novel, they have their cute scenes and stuff but this is ultimately Sam's story and it never read any other way. There is a sort of love triangle, if you can call it that, it's awkward and Sam takes ages to realize her true feelings and you will probably scream of frustration, because damn girl did you took your time but in the end it's all smiles and rainbows.

Other things that I loved where the presence of art, Sam is a painter and this is a major part of her life, I liked how this helped her to know herself better and how it was an essential part of her coming of age story. The relationships between Sam and her family, which contain her house maid, parents and sisters all of those really present on the novel; I specially liked the relationship between the three sisters, they are so different on the surface level but the way they tease each other and are always close together is great.

Super recommend this one for all Meg Cabot's fans, you definitely don't want to miss this one out and if you're looking for a brain candy look no more, this book is pure fun and entertainment, there is no real depth to it and is perfect as a weekend/vacation read. Just be aware that there is a sequel, which I 100% don't recommend, I read it only one time when it was released and it was terrible and I immediately forgot everything about it and don't want to ever revisit it again. ...more

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Jun 07, 2008 Nancy added it

Shelves: 9th-and-10th-grade-books

The name of this book is called "The all american girl" by Meg Cabot. She saved the presidents life and she thinks that her life is so horrible!She gets a feeling that the presidents son. shes taking all of these art lessons and she doesn't like any bit of her life. Everything's just so crazy for her at school and at home. Her sister is hot according to everyone and she knows every bit about relationships and everything in between. Her younger sister is talented and she just don't think that sh ...more

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Aug 30, 2009 Christina (A Reader of Fictions) rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Meg Cabot's books are such time-capsules, which can make them delicious bits of nostalgia...but it can also reflect less delightful stuff, like use of the r-word, though admittedly the heroine of this book does think about how that's not a good word to use.

Mostly, All-American Girl skewed to the younger side of YA, and it reminded me heavily of the weaker aspects of The Princess Diaries. Sam's convinced she's in love with her sister's boyfriend for such a long time, and her character arc feels s ...more

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May 04, 2008 Kayla Hamilton rated it it was amazing

Recommends it for: neone who likes 2 read teen romance novels

Recommended to Kayla by: myself. I bought it. Then after a yr or so of buying it, I got b

This was my 1st romance novel that I ever read.
It's really good, and really sweet.
I love ne kind of teen romance novel.

If U like to trick things up a lil' bit, wat u can do is when your reading a teen love story, make/Imagine the main girlfriend, or girl as u, and the boyfriend, or the guy love interest, as someone u like. Like a boyfriend, or even a singer or actor like I do :).

But I LOVE this book.
I'm writing my own teen novel write now, and I made the guy's name David, just like the guy's nam ...more

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May 21, 2017 Selva Subramanian rated it liked it

Shelves: rom-coms-chick-lit

It is meant for YA readers. But I liked it. It had almost the same template as that of The princess diaries series. A high-schooler with her own funny ideals, not so popular in school, has a crush on somebody, does something that propels her to be the toast of the town, another boy walks into her life, confused as to who she really is in love with, and finally a happy ending for everybody. Meg Cabot's trademark humor and smooth writing keep the book fun. It is not hilarious like some of The Prin ...more

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May 10, 2017 Prabh⚔ rated it did not like it

Recommends it for: no one

Shelves: i-m-salty

*claps* Wow!!!! I don't know how this managed to be so so so freaking offensive and I am fucking mad right now.

Also, it was so boooring. ugh. I feel like my eyeballs have exploded.

Bye

RTC maybe

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Aug 22, 2015 Churin rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

I just realized I never reviewed one of my favorite book in middle-grade lol
Let me re-read it and write this a review :3

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Jan 19, 2016 Dana Al-Basha دانة الباشا rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: own

This book made me more obsessed with burgers and drawing and making lists then anything I had ever read!! It was very cute and funny!

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May 02, 2015 Jwaria rated it it was amazing

Shelves: books, realistic, great-books, young-adult, superheroines, romance, series-books

((:: This makes me so happy.

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Jan 13, 2019 Katherine Varga rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019, reread

I read this book so many times as a tween that reading it again as an adult was a bit uncanny. Like, I remembered entire sentences. This is probably the source of my abiding love of cheesy YA romances. Meg Cabot's voice is always so vibrant - colloquial and pop-culture-filled and occasionally deceptively smart. And often ridiculous.

It was a blast to read as an adult (mostly in a "wow I can't believe this book was my life in 5th grade and I never thought twice about the U.S. president trying to c ...more

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Oct 04, 2017 Jennifer Burton rated it it was amazing

Very easy read. Could not put it down

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Dec 04, 2009 Nikoleta rated it it was amazing

Shelves: grade-8-ir-book

All- American Girl is about Sam, who is a really good artist but gets a bad grade in German and her mom sends her to art classes for her punishment. There Sam meets David who tells her that she has really cute boots and that staples to her mind. Although she is in love with her sister's boyfriend. The second time she is supposed to go to art class she decides that she wants to skip it. Just before she gets picked up Sam sees the President and this guy that wants to shoot him. Somehow Sam jumps ...more

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Jul 15, 2015 Fafa's Book Corner rated it did not like it

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Nov 23, 2008 H rated it liked it

This book was so good! It was hilarious, like all of Meg Cabot's books, and there was the usual boy-meets-girl-and-they-eventually-end-up-happily-ever-after element that I seem to find essential. I really liked the plot and the setting, too. Like, how she saves the president's life and is suddenly an international hero or whatever. And it was nice that she didn't let it go to her head, which is something that most authors do to their characters. Sam stayed true to herself and what she believed, ...more

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Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flun Librarian note: AKA Jenny Carroll (1-800-Where-R-You series), AKA Patricia Cabot (historical romance novels).

Meg Cabot was born on February 1, 1967, during the Chinese astrological year of the Fire Horse, a notoriously unlucky sign. Fortunately she grew up in Bloomington, Indiana, where few people were aware of the stigma of being a fire horse -- at least until Meg became a teenager, when she flunked freshman Algebra twice, then decided to cut her own bangs. After six years as an undergrad at Indiana University, Meg moved to New York City (in the middle of a sanitation worker strike) to pursue a career as an illustrator, at which she failed miserably, forcing her to turn to her favorite hobby--writing novels--for emotional succor. She worked various jobs to pay the rent, including a decade-long stint as the assistant manager of a 700 bed freshmen dormitory at NYU, a position she still occasionally misses.

She is now the author of nearly fifty books for both adults and teens, selling fifteen million copies worldwide, many of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers, most notably The Princess Diaries series, which is currently being published in over 38 countries, and was made into two hit movies by Disney. In addition, Meg wrote the Mediator and 1-800-Where-R-You? series (on which the television series, Missing, was based), two All-American Girl books, Teen Idol, Avalon High, How to Be Popular, Pants on Fire, Jinx, a series of novels written entirely in email format (Boy Next Door, Boy Meets Girl, and Every Boy's Got One), a mystery series (Size 12 Is Not Fat/ Size 14 Is Not Fat Either/Big Boned), and a chick-lit series called Queen of Babble.

Meg is now writing a new children's series called Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls. Her new paranormal series, Abandon, debuts in Summer of 2011.

Meg currently divides her time between Key West, Indiana, and New York City with a primary cat (one-eyed Henrietta), various back-up cats, and her husband, who doesn't know he married a fire horse. Please don't tell him.

Series:
* Airhead
* The Princess Diaries
* Mediator
...more