CUM LAUDE
By Cecily von Ziegesar

GOSSIP GIRL AUTHOR TACKLES COLLEGE LIFE

Cecily von Ziegesar, author of CUM LAUDE (Hyperion; June 1, 2010; Hardcover; $23.99)

Everything that New York Times bestselling author Cecily von Ziegesar touches turns to gold. Her wildly popular Gossip Girl series, which has sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S. alone, inspired the hit TV show. Now in CUM LAUDE, her first novel written especially for adults, she focuses on the friendships, scandals, lusts, and jealousies of five freshmen at a private college in New England. The action ranges from art classes to keg parties to dorm rooms, and in the process, Von Ziegesar shows that what you do outside of class is just as important as what you do in class.  Her fans new and old will delight in her sly tone and signature attention to telling social detail.