Cecily Von Ziegesar
Cecily von Ziegesar is an American author of young adult novels. She writes the Gossip Girl and It Girl series. A descendant of German nobility, Cecily grew up in New York City and attended The Nightingale-Bamford School. The private school would become the basis of her Gossip Girl series, which became not only a book series, but a television series. Cecily lives in Brooklyn, New York with her husband, their children and pets.