Cecily Von Ziegesar – författare

''Welcome to New York City''s Upper East Side, where my friends and I all live in huge, fabulous apartments and go to exclusive single-sex private schools. We aren''t always the nicest people in the world, but we make up for it in looks and taste.'' Enter the world of Gossip Girl and the exclusive Manhattan private school Constance Billard, inhabited by the city''s most fabulous crowd; a world of jealousy, betrayal and outrageous behaviour! There''s a lot more to this story than anyone realises and you might find out just how the legendary GOSSIP GIRL column began...

THE IT GIRL is the first in a sassy, sophisticated, completely addictive new series. Jenny has left her Manhattan school to attend Waverly Academy, an elite boarding school where glamorous rich kids don''t let the rules get in the way of an excellent time. Jenny sets off to Waverly with big plans of reinventing herself. She''ll be a goddess - she''s a sophisticated city girl, after all! - and will find a boy who can properly worship her. But that''s going to be a little tricky since her self-absorbed new roommates, Callie Vernon and Brett Messerschmidt, aren''t exactly there to help - unless there''s something in it for them. But if getting caught with boys and going up against the Disciplinary Committee is what it takes, Jenny''s ready - she''ll do all that and more to become The It Girl.