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''Gossip Girl'' is an American young adult novel series written by Cecily von Ziegesar and published by Little, Brown and Company, a subsidiary of the Hachette Group. The series revolves around the lives and romances of the privileged teenagers at the Constance Billard School for Girls, an elite private school in New York City's Upper East Side. The books primarily focus on best friends Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen, whose experiences are among those chronicled by the eponymous gossip blogger. The novel series is based on von Ziegesar's experiences at Nightingale-Bamford School and on what she heard from friends. The first novel, ''Gossip Girl'', was released in April 2002; the eleventh novel of the series was released in May 2007, with a prequel novel following in October 2007. Another follow-up novel, in which the characters return home from college for the holidays, was released in hardback format in November 2009. The original novel became the inspiration for the ''Gossip Girl'' teen drama television series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, which premiered on The CW Television Network on September 19, 2007. There are now 13 novels. In May 2008, a follow-up series, ''Gossip Girl: The Carlyles'', began publication, following the Carlyle triplets as they begin moving to the Upper East Side. As of October 2009, four novels have been released in this series. Ziegesar created a spin-off series, ''The It Girl'', which began publication in 2005, and Yen Press has adapted the series into a manga series titled ''Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only''. ==History== The novel that started the series, ''Gossip Girl,'' was published in paperback format in April 2002.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gossip Girl No. 1 )〕 Two new novels were released annually until the final novel, ''Don't You Forget About Me'', was released in May 2007, showing the main characters graduating from high school and moving on to college and other pursuits.〔 A prequel novel, ''It Had To Be You'', was released in October 2007 in hardcover and electronic book format. It detailed the events that occurred a year before the first novel.〔 A box set containing the eleven novels of the series and the prequel novel, in paperback format, was released November 1, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gossip Girl The Complete Collection )〕 Two days later, a sequel novel, ''I Will Always Love You'' was released. The hardcover book tells the story of the main characters returning home from college for the holidays.〔 Hachette Group re-released all of the original novels in electronic book format between 2008 and 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bibliography — Cecily von Zeigesar )〕 Books nine, ten and eleven of the main series were ghostwritten. In December 2009, Yen Press announced that it was working with Korean artist Baek Hye-Kyung to create a manga adaptation of the series titled ''Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only''. Rather than adapting the original novels, however, the graphic novels will feature original stories with the same characters. It will be serialized in the company's anthology magazine ''Yen Plus'', with the first chapter appearing in the January 2010 issue. In October 2011 a parody of the series G''ossip Girl Psycho Killer'' was released. It is written by Cecily Von Zeigesar. The identity of Gossip Girl has not been released to the public. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gossip Girl (novel series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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