Cecily von Ziegesar

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Cicily von Ziegesar (2012)

Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar (born June 27, 1970 in Norwalk , Connecticut ) is an American writer . Her novels are aimed at teenagers.

Life

Youth and education

Her father came from the German aristocratic family Ziegesar . As a child, she attended ballet classes, wanted to become a ballerina , but was rejected from the School of American Ballet . When the parents separated, she moved from Connecticut to Manhattan . She first attended the elite girls' school Nightingale-Bamford School in the Upper East Side and then, until 1992, Colby College in Waterville , Maine . She traveled to Budapest , worked for the local radio station , returned after a year and studied creative writing at the University of Arizona . She then found a job in New York at the book packaging company Alloy Entertainment .

Writing

Cecily von Ziegesar made her debut in 2002 with the book Gossip Girl . The book proved a success and made it onto the New York Times bestseller list . After that she wrote fourteen follow-up volumes. The book series covers the lives of wealthy upper-class teenagers in New York City. The focus is on parties, drugs, alcohol and designer clothing, sex and social gossip, which is spread in the series by a mysterious "Gossip Girl" ( gossip = gossip) on a website.

The first ten volumes of a spin-off series under the title The It Girl in English have already been published and so far five have been translated into German. At least a film was planned.

Television series

An adaptation of her bestseller Gossip Girl ran from 2006 to 2012 on the US network The CW . The series was produced by Josh Schwartz , creator of the US television series OC, California .

Works

also the volumes of her series 'It Girl'

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  1. ↑ Cecily von Ziegesar. Shelfari by Amazon , accessed November 14, 2013 .
  2. ^ The CW - Upfront Presentation 2007

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SURNAME Ziegesar, Cecily von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ziegesar, Cecily Brooke von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Norwalk, Connecticut