Cecily von Ziegesar attended herself one of the smart private schools in Manhatten, New York, and many of the tales told in the Gossip Girl ring with great authenticity. She is the author of the thirteen Gossip Girl novels published between 2002 and 2007. The popular books have seen 1.3 million series sales and were the inspiration for the award-winning TV series Gossip Girl.
Gossip Girl has the effect of gossip itself – once you enter it's hard to extract yourself; teens will devour this whole * Publishers Weekly * The TV show was great … but if you have yet to experience the wonder of its source material, you have quite a treat in store * Vogue.com * Wicked satire scattered throughout like confectioner’s sugar * The New Yorker *