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Cecily von Ziegesar

Born

in New York City, The United States

June 27, 1970

Website

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Genre

Literature & Fiction, Young Adult

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Cecily von Ziegesar is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gossip Girl novels, upon which the hit television show is based.

Cecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City. Her childhood dream was to grow up to be a ballerina; she began lessons at age 3 and auditioned for the School of American Ballet at age 8, but was rejected.

As a teenager, von Ziegesar commuted to Manhattan at 6 a.m. to attend the Nightingale-Bamford School. After graduating from Nightingale, von Ziegesar attended Colby College before spending a year in Budapest working for a local radio station.

Von Ziegesar returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, but dropped out shortly thereafter.

Back in New York, while working ...more

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Cecily von Ziegesar’s books

Average rating: 3.59 · 310,403 ratings · 11,609 reviews · 157 distinct works • Similar authors

	Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl, #1) 3.51 avg rating — 64,789 ratings — published 2002 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Know You Love Me (Gossip Girl, #2) 3.51 avg rating — 23,609 ratings — published 2002 — 87 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You're the One That I Want (Gossip Girl, #6) 3.70 avg rating — 19,345 ratings — published 2004 — 71 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	All I Want is Everything (Gossip Girl, #3) 3.54 avg rating — 19,480 ratings — published 2003 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Because I'm Worth It (Gossip Girl, #4) 3.55 avg rating — 16,732 ratings — published 2003 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Like It Like That (Gossip Girl, #5) 3.57 avg rating — 14,488 ratings — published 2004 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The It Girl (It Girl, #1) 3.65 avg rating — 13,344 ratings — published 2005 — 38 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nobody Does It Better (Gossip Girl, #7) 3.61 avg rating — 12,171 ratings — published 2005 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Had to Be You (Gossip Girl, #0.5) 3.73 avg rating — 11,741 ratings — published 2007 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nothing Can Keep Us Together (Gossip Girl, #8) 3.63 avg rating — 10,831 ratings — published 2005 — 52 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Cecily von Ziegesar

Gossip Girl (13 books)
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Cecily von Ziegesar

3.58 avg rating — 231,869 ratings

It Girl (10 books)
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Cecily von Ziegesar (creator)

3.76 avg rating — 52,825 ratings

Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only (3 books)
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Cecily von Ziegesar (creator),

Hyekyung Baek (Artist)

3.59 avg rating — 767 ratings

Quotes by Cecily von Ziegesar (?)

“Not that she didn't love almost every boy she'd ever met, and not that every boy in the world didn't totally love her. It was impossible not to. But she wanted someone to love her and shower her with attention the way only a boy who was completely in love with her could. The rare sort of love. True love. The kind of love she'd never had.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, I Like It Like That

tags: gossip-girl, love, serena

321 likes

“Destiny is for losers. It's just a lame excuse for letting things happen to you instead of making them happen.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, I Like It Like That

307 likes

“I know hate is a strong word and everything, but its okay: we're teenagers.”
― Cecily von Ziegesar, You Know You Love Me

tags: hate, teen

279 likes

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Looking for Alaska by John Green

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Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesar

4 votes 21.1%

Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

4 votes 21.1%

Marcelo In The Real World by Francisco X. Stork

1 vote 5.3%

Candy Girl A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper by Diablo Cody

1 vote 5.3%

My Big Nose & Other Natural Disasters by Sydney Salter

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