Jenny Carroll
Bio: Meggin Cabot was born in Bloomington, Indiana. Her childhood was spent
in pursuit of air conditioning, of which there was little at the time in
southern Indiana. A primary source proved to be the Monroe County Public
Library, where Meggin whiled away many hours, reading the complete works
of Jane Austen, Judy Blume, and Barbara Cartland.
Armed with a fine arts degree from Indiana University, Meggin moved to
New York City, intent upon pursuing a career in freelance illustration.
Illustrating, however, soon got in the way of Meggin's true love,
writing, and so she abandoned it and got a job as the assistant manager
of an undergraduate dormitory at New York University, writing on the
weekends, and whenever her boss wasn't looking.
Inspired by her mother, who recently began dating again after the death
of Meggin's father, Meggin wrote both The Princess Diaries (under
the name Meg Cabot; HarperCollins) and The Mediator: Shadowland
(under the name Jenny Carroll; Pocket Pulse), the first books in two
series for young adults which happen to be about, among other things,
teenage girls dealing with unsettling family issues.
Meggin now writes full time, and lives in New York City with her
husband, Benjamin, a poet, financial market writer, and fellow Hoosier,
and their one-eyed cat, Henrietta.
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"Lightning Girl" Jess Mastriani--who had a psychic ability to find missing children--has lost her powers! Or has she? ... She'd like the government and media to think so. She's working at a summer camp for musically gifted kids. The father of a missing girl begs Jess to find his daughter. A stepdad would like to see Lightning Girl ... well, dead. (Published: 2001)
