Compulsive reading: if Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw had a younger sister, she would be Gossip Girl. Warner Bros is producing a major motion picture of Gossip Girl, starring Lindsay Lohan. Over 55,000 copies sold of Gossip Girl 1- the first book in the series, over 20,000 copies sold of Gossip Girl 2 pre-publicationMassive on-going marketing campaign, including consumer advertising and joint promotions with teen magazines.Fantastic newspaper and radio coverage.

'Fabulous - funny and tight as a boob tube' Observer 'We love the Gossip Girl series...there's enough gossip, back-stabbing and bitching to character assassinate the entire population of Manhattan. But all done over a lovely cup of skinny latte or three in the cute neighbourhood coffee house. These girls could write Carrie's Sex and the City column in their sleep' Elle Girl 'A literary phenomenon... teenagers, it seems, can't get enough of her controversial Gossip Girl Books' Daily Telegraph

Cecily von Ziegesar herself attended one of the smart private schools in Manhattan, New York, and, as a result, much contained within the tales told in Gossip Girl rings with great authenticity.