Tuesday, November 27, 2007Y
Meg Cabot (born Meggin Patricia Cabot on February 1, 1967) is an American author of romantic comedies for teens and adults. She has also written under the name Meggin Cabot, as well as the pseudonyms Patricia Cabot and Jenny Carroll. She has written and published almost 40 books, and is best known for The Princess Diaries, later made by Walt Disney Pictures into two feature films of the same name. Cabot has more than 15 million copies of her books — children's, young adult, and adult — in print worldwide. Her website averages about 61,120 unique visitors a month.
The Princess Diaries is the diary of Mia Thermopolis, a fourteen-year-old freshman at the fictional Albert Einstein High School, a private school in New York City. Mia is a tall, socially awkward teenager who was raised by her liberal artist mother Helen in Greenwich Village, Manhattan. Mia's world is thrown upside down when her father, who recently underwent treatment for testicular cancer, finds out he cannot have any more children. This fact forces him to tell Mia that he is not just some Genovian politician, but indeed, none other than the Prince of Genovia. Because Mia is his only child, and his cancer has prohibited him from having any more children, he informs her that she is now Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo, Her Royal Highness, the princess, and soon to be queen, of Genovia.She decides not to tell anyone, and when the news gets out, she is very embaressed by her status. Her best friend Lilly Moscivitz is angry at her because Grandmère makes her get a makeover, causing blond hair and fake nails.In the end, Mia and Lilly are best friends again after Josh Richter uses Mia at the school dance.3:40 AM
