Meigs won a Little, Brown and Co. prize competition with "The Trade Wind". Little, Brown published that book in 1927 and subsequently a few more of her works including the children's biographies of Louisa May Alcott and Jane Addams. Meigs is best known for the Alcott biography, "Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of "Little Women"", which won the Newbery Medal in 1934. It follows Alcott from childhood in Pennsylvania and Boston through writing the classic novel "Little Women". "Kirkus Reviews" called Meigs "one of the best-loved authors of fiction for boys and girls", observed that "Little Women" is "virtually autobiographical", and recommended that the books be paired.