It will be serialized in the company's anthology magazine Yen Plus, with the first chapter appearing in the January 2010 issue. Rather than adapting the original novels, however, the graphic novels will feature original stories with the same characters. In December 2009, Yen Press announced that it was working with South Korean artist Baek Hye-Kyung to create a graphic novel adaptation of the series titled Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only. On May 16, 2011, Ziegesar herself made a cameo appearance in the fourth season finale.

Though fans of the book series criticized it for veering away from the book in plot and character personalities, Ziegesar stated that the major plot outline remained true to her vision, and that she was pleased that 'at least it takes place in New York City'. Gossip Girl was adapted for television by The CW in 2007. In October 2011, Ziegesar released a spin-off of her first novel: Psycho Killer. The Constance Billard School for Girls is based on an exaggerated version of Ziegesar's own alma mater, Nightingale. A spin-off book series, The It Girl, made the list in 2005. The series climbed to the top of The New York Times Best-Sellers list in 2002. 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. She then returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, only to drop out shortly thereafter. Then she spent a year in Budapest working for a local radio station. After graduating from Nightingale, Ziegesar attended Colby College. every day to attend The Nightingale-Bamford School. As a teenager, she commuted from Connecticut to Manhattan at 6:00 a.m. 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. She is the half-sister of writer Peter von Ziegesar.

She is the daughter of Franz Albrecht von Ziegesar, the CEO and Chairman of Bowne & Co., and his second wife, Olivia James. Ziegesar at the 2012 Brooklyn Book FestivalĬecily Brooke von Ziegesar ( / ˌ v ɒ n z ɪ ˈ ɡ eɪ z ər/ VON zi- GAY-zər born June 27, 1970) is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl series of novels.Ĭecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City into a German noble family.

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