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It's only in fairy tales that princesses can afford to wait for the handsome prince to save them. In real life, they have to bust out of their own coffins and do the saving themselves.

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Meg Cabot
Age: 57
Born: 1967
Born: February 1
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Bloomington
Indiana
Patricia Cabot
Jenny Carroll
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