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'''Meg Cabot''' is a [[Chick Lit]] author extraordinaire. Probably most well known for her [[Princess Diaries]] series, which was adapted for a Disney movie. Has written a number of series for teens and adults and recently began her first series for children.
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* ''[[The Princess Diaries]] series'': Her breakout success. The novels focus on teenager Mia Thermopolis who seeks solace in her diaries upon finding out that she is actually the Princess of Genovia. Adapted into movies starring [[Anne Hathaway]] and Julie Andrews.
* ''[[The Mediator]] series'': Focuses on Suze Simon, a young woman who is a mediator ie she can interract with ghosts. She takes it upon herself to help them cross to the other side. Meanwhile trouble arises when she falls in love with a ghost.
* ''1-800-Where-R-U'': Normal teen Jessica Mastriani's life is turned upside down when she is struck by lightning. She can now look at pictures, go to sleep and when she wakes up she knows exactly where the person in the picture is. Now Jess is attempting to use her power for good while avoiding working for the US government. Became the Lifetime series ''[[
* ''[[All American Girl]]'': Samantha Madison finds herself a national heroine when she saves the President from an assassination attempt. And then she finds herself falling in love with his son. Has a sequel entitled ''Ready or Not''.
* ''[[Avalon High]]'': Ellie Harrison begins to notice strange parallels between [[King Arthur]] and life at her new high school. Has a manga sequel and a [[Disney Channel]] movie.
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* ''[[Airhead Series]]'': Brainiac Em Watts loses her body in an accident and has her brain transplanted into supermodel Nikki Howard's body. Now she has to deal with fame, the shallow lifestyle she hates and a conspiracy behind the imposing Stark Enterprises.
* ''Insatiable'': A modern re-telling/sequel to Bram Stroker's Dracula.
* ''[[Allie
* ''[[The Heather Wells Mysteries]]'': A series of three books about Heather Wells, a former child [[Idol Singer]], whose label dropped her. She now works at a university as a dorm administrator. In every book, someone ends up dead, and Heather investigates while dealing with her crazy co-workers, annoying, cheating ex-boyfriend (also a famous pop star) a police officer who believes she's nothing but trouble, and her huge crush on her roommate/landlord/brother of her former flame.
* ''[[Abandon Series]]'': In a modern retelling of the myth of Persephone, teenager Pierce Oliviera dies and is chosen to become the consort to the Lord of the Underworld, John Hayden. Pierce manages to escape back to the realm of the living but something keeps drawing her back to John. Not helping is the presence of the Furies, evil souls who wants nothing more than to make John suffer and hurt her in the process.
▲=== Works by Meg Cabot with their own trope pages include: ===
* ''[[The Princess Diaries]]''
* ''[[Avalon High]]''
* ''[[Airhead Series]]''
* ''[[Allie
* ''[[Abandon Series]]''
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▲* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: ''Ready or Not''
* [[Adaptation Decay]] - Hilariously [[Lampshaded]] in the ''1-800-WHERE-R-YOU'' books. Jess comments on the TV show and talks about how it has virtually no basis in truth and many characters in the last book mention that they've watched the TV show.
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]] - Jess in the 1-800-WHERE-R-U series. Even though beneath his tough exterior, the 'bad boy' Rob [[Jerk
** Pierce and John in ''Abandon''.
* [[Alpha Bitch]] - Frequent in her novels, but among the most obvious are Lana Weinberger (Princess Diaries series) and Lauren Moffat (''How to be Popular'')
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* [[The Messiah]]: Jenny in ''Teen Idol''
* [[Middle Child Syndrome]]: Sam in ''All-American Girl''
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* [[Pair the Spares]]: Very frequently
* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: In-universe in ''Airhead''. So, the main charcter is anti-materialistic? OK. But she and her mother degrade feminity so much they insist her little sister not try to be a cheerleader because, [[Sarcasm Mode|as we all know, cheerleading degrading to women]]. She hates on model Nikki Howard, without knowing anything about her, because Nikki advertizes a cosmetics brand. All the other girls in Em's class are shallow, slutty, and an [[Alpha Bitch]].She decribes popular girls as "The Walking Dead". The only girly girl in the seris in a nice light is Lulu, and even she is supposed to be dumb, but goodhearted
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* [[Sexy Priest]] - Father Dominic in the Mediator series is frequently commented on by Suze to be attractive, even in his 60s.
* [[Shaped Like Itself]] - The standalone book ''How to be Popular'', which is sometimes mistaken by people as an actual guide on how to be popular. (The title actually refers to the self help book the protagonist follows in her efforts to gain popularity.)
* [[Shipper
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* [[Spoiled Sweet]] - A few. The most notable are Sam's sister Lucy from ''All-American Girl'', Jennifer from ''[[Avalon High]]'', and Lulu from ''Airhead''.
* [[Spoiler Title]] / [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: The first Airhead book spends a great deal of time leading up to the reveal that Em has had her brain transplanted into Nikki's body. Anyone who read the back cover already knows this.
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