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Mayor Michelle Coldiron,District 2
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-Ile Florida.Keys Craig Cates,District 1
Eddie Martinez,District 3
w Mike Forster,District 5
County Commission Meeting
March 17, 2021
Agenda Item Number: N.5
Agenda Item Summary #7957
BULK ITEM: Yes DEPARTMENT: BOCC District 3
TIME APPROXIMATE: STAFF CONTACT: Eurie Sarmiento 3052923430
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AGENDA ITEM WORDING: Approval of Commissioner Martinez's appointment of Ms. Meg
Cabot to the Monroe County Library Advisory Board for a term that expires on March 16, 2023.
ITEM BACKGROUND: Meg Cabot is a world-renowned author that has appeared several times
in the 41 New York Times best sellers' list. She has written over eighty books and sold over eighty-
five million copies worldwide. Among her most popular works is The Princess Diaries series, which
Disney brought to the big screen with great success.
PREVIOUS RELEVANT BOCC ACTION:
CONTRACT/AGREEMENT CHANGES:
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STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
DOCUMENTATION:
Dist 3 LAB Appointment Form Meg Cabot
Dist 3 LAB Appointment Meg Cabot Bio
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Revenue Producing: If yes, amount:
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REVIEWED BY:
Eddie Martinez Skipped 03/02/2021 5:42 PM
Bob Shillinger Completed 03/02/2021 5:54 PM
Liz Yongue Completed 03/02/2021 6:04 PM
Board of County Commissioners Pending 03/17/2021 9:00 AM
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Monroe County Boards and Committees
Appointment Information
Board or Committee: Library Advisory Board
Commissioner Appointing Member: Commissioner Eddie Martinez
Name of Member: Meg Cabot -71
Address: 620 Elizabeth St,
Key West, FL 33040
Mailing Address: 700 Fleming St.,
Key West, FL 33040
Phone Numbers: Home: 305-292-3595 --
Work:
Fax:
Email: megcabot@earthlink.net
Date of Appointment: March 17, 2021
(The date of this BOCC agenda item)
Is this a Reappointment? Yes No X
New Term Expiration Date: March 16, 2023
Name of Person Being Replaced: Michael Shields
Fulfilling Term of:
CAD Form/09/06/12
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Meg Cabot Biography
Meg Cabot is a #1 New York Times bestselling author of books for both adults and
tweens/teens. Born in the year of the Fire Horse (a notoriously unlucky astrological sign)
and raised in Bloomington, Indiana, Meg also lived in Grenoble, France and Carmel,
California (the setting for her bestselling Mediator series) before moving to New York
City after graduating with a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Indiana University.
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After working for ten years as an assistant residence hall director at New York
University (an experience from which she occasionally draws inspiration for her best-
selling Heather Wells mystery series), Meg wrote the Princess Diaries series, which was
made into two hit movies by Disney. While over 25 million copies of Meg's nearly 80
published books have been sold in 38 countries, Meg's most proud of the letters she's
received from fans thanking her for helping them to overcome their "dislike of reading."
Some of Meg's fan favorites include the 1-800-Where-R-You? series (which has been
reprinted under the title Vanished and was made into the Lifetime series called Missing),
as well as All-American Girl and Avalon High (on which an original Disney Channel
movie was based), and several books told entirely in emails and text messages (Boy
Next Door/Boy Meets Girl/Every Boy's Got One). A fourth book told in this format, The
Boy is Back, was published by HarperCollins in 2017.
Meg's first ever adult book in the Princess Diaries series, Royal Wedding, was
published in 2015, along with a new Princess Diaries series for younger readers, From
the Notebook of a Middle School Princess, which Meg also illustrated. The 4th book in
the Middle School Princess Series, Royal Crown, was published in August of 2018, as
well as paperback editions of the 2nd and 3rd editions series.
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Remembrance, the 7th and first adult book in the Mediator series, became available in
2016, along with a novella titled Proposal.
In 2019, Meg will author a Black Canary graphic novel for DC Zoom for middle-grade
readers with illustrator Cara McGee. A new adult contemporary novel called No
Judgments will be available in September and Bridal Boot Camp, a novella in ebook
format, will be available in May.
Meg Cabot (her last name rhymes with habit, as in "her books can be habit forming")
currently lives in Key West, Florida with her husband and various cats.
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