Cecily von Ziegesar

Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar (born June 27, 1970) is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl series of novels. 2Biography 3Early life and education Cecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City into a family with origins in the German nobility. Her childhood dream was to grow up to be a ballerina; she began lessons at age three and auditioned for the School of American Ballet at age eight, but was rejected. As a teenager, she commuted to Manhattan at 6 a.m. every day to attend The Nightingale-Bamford School. After graduating from Nightingale, Ziegesar attended Colby College. Then she spent a year in Budapest working for a local radio station. She then returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, only to drop out shortly thereafter. 3Gossip Girl 4Book series In New York City, while working at book-packaging firm Alloy Entertainment, she became inspired to create the Gossip Girl series, which presents a view of high-end teenage lifestyles. The series climbed to the top of The New York Times Best-Sellers list in 200