Meg Dowell is a journalist, podcaster, and online content creator specializing in fandom, pop culture, and lifestyle.

After serving as the Managing Editor of College Lifestyles Magazine until 2016, Meg moved into a full-time staff writer position with Showbiz Cheat Sheet. She was promoted to Senior Digital Editor before moving to a Senior Editor role with Distractify in 2021. She has since worked as the Managing Editor (Entertainment) at Wealth of Geeks and a Lead Editor at Dork Side of the Force.

Meg is the creator and host of Now This Is Lit, a podcast about Star Wars books, their makers, and their readers. She has interviewed authors such as John Jackson Miller, Delilah S. Dawson, Sam Maggs, and Lydia Kang, as well as a handful of book editors and audiobook narrators.

In her newsletter on Substack, Meg breaks down Star Wars book news and writes detailed guides for readers to help them navigate the franchise’s ever-growing book landscape.

She has also written for entertainment and pop culture websites such as Showbiz Cheat Sheet, Culturess, CBR, and USA Today.