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Meg Cabot (born Meggin Patricia Cabot; February 1, 1967) 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 50 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 numerous awards, including the New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age, the American Library Association Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers, the Tennessee Volunteer State TASL Book Award, the Book Sense Pick, the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award, the IRA/CBC Young Adult Choice, and many others.〔(Princess Diaries I (1) | Author Meg Cabot ). Megcabot.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.〕〔(All-American Girl | Author Meg Cabot ). Megcabot.com (September 1, 2002). Retrieved on 2012-12-31.〕 She has had numerous no. 1 ''New York Times'' bestsellers. Cabot has more than 25 million copies of her books—children's, young adult, and adult—in print worldwide. ==Personal life== Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana.〔(Meg Cabot Biography ). Notablebiographies.com. Retrieved on 2012-12-31.〕〔(Historical Romance Writers Author: Patricia Cabot ). Historicalromancewriters.com (December 3, 2012). Retrieved on 2012-12-31.〕 After she graduated from Indiana University, Cabot 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 which 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.〔(Biography of Meg Cabot ), ''Meg Cabot''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Meg Cabot」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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