Cecily von Ziegesar
Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar (/ˌvɒn zɪˈɡeɪzər/ VON zig-AY-zər; born June 27, 1970)[2] is an American author best known for the young adult Gossip Girl series of novels.
Cecily von Ziegesar
Cecily Brooke von Ziegesar
June 27, 1970
New York City, New York, U.S.
Novelist
Nightingale-Bamford School
Colby College (BA)
University of Arizona (dropped out)
2002–present
Gossip Girl series
The It Girl series
Richard Griggs[1]
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Early life and education[edit]
Cecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City into a German noble family. She is the daughter of Franz Albrecht von Ziegesar, the CEO and Chairman of Bowne & Co., and his second wife, Olivia James. She is the half-sister of writer Peter von Ziegesar.[3] Her childhood dream was to grow up to be a ballerina; she began lessons at age three and auditioned for the School of American Ballet at age eight, but was rejected.[4] As a teenager, she commuted from Connecticut to Manhattan at 6:00 a.m. every day to attend The Nightingale-Bamford School.[5] After graduating from Nightingale, von Ziegesar attended Colby College. Then she spent a year in Budapest working for a local radio station. She then returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, only to drop out shortly thereafter.[5]
Personal life[edit]
Von Ziegesar resides in the Columbia Street Waterfront District, a neighborhood in Brooklyn, with her husband Richard, who is Chief Operating Officer of the Judd Foundation,[9] and their children Agnes Belle von Ziegesar Griggs and Oscar von Ziegesar Griggs.[10]