Cecily von Ziegesar
Cecily von Ziegesar
Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl series of novels...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth27 June 1970
CountryUnited States of America
girl smart writing
My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart and multifaceted. They had interests and passions. They wanted to become lawyers and doctors and writers and filmmakers.
senior girl fun
My high school wasn't a big public school; it was tiny. There were 36 girls in my graduating class. We were a big group of girls that by the time senior year came along couldn't wait to get away from school fast enough but we loved each other. It's really fun to see the girls at reunions now.
fall college advice
Recently my publicist asked me for a college photo, and I realize how chubby I looked. I know this sounds totally shallow, but my advice is don't fall prey to the freshmen fifteen!
parent want happened
When I meet other parents and they're more 'mumsy' than I am - you know, I don't want to be 'mumsy,' but I'm like, 'Were you always like that or... what happened?
writing thinking down-and
Face it, you have to be sort of an egomaniac to write something down and think that anyone is going to want to read it.
mother book character
I always resented books that tried to teach a lesson, where the characters are too good: They don't swear, they tell their mothers everything.
girl long gossip
...don't act like I didn't for you. I did. Hard. And for a long time. So please, forgive me if now that we're over, I'm exhausted.
nice mean thinking
She was doing that thing some people do when they act nice and chipper and interested, while just below the surface they’re thinking really mean thoughts, and you can never call them on it because they’d just accuse you of being paranoid.
beach smart holiday
Smart, truly hilarious, and entirely sympathetic. Like a hot bubble bath or a holiday at the beach, you won't want it to end.
girl growing-up thinking
The girls show more skin these days, but I think, generally, they behave the same way as when I was growing up.
years negative done
When I was 16, 17, 18 years old, I felt like I had seen it all and done it all, and I was really kind of negative about everything.
girl class messed-up
But I've always been fascinated with that prettiest-girl-in-the-class person that I never was, getting inside her head and showing that she's just as tormented and messed up as everybody else.
girl mom teenager
I'd never really babysat. I feel like I'm Blair, or 'Gossip Girl.' A teenager, basically - and now suddenly I'm a mom?
girl fun lying
I avoid the young adult section altogether if possible, although it's sometimes fun to catch a girl lying on the floor, reading 'Gossip Girl.'