Zoey Dean

Zoey Dean
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Period2003–present
GenreComedy
young-adult
Notable worksA-List series

Zoey Dean is the pseudonym[1] for the creators of The A-List series and How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls, which has been renamed and turned into a TV show known as Privileged on the CW in September 2008. Zoey Dean's books are produced by the media packager Alloy Entertainment, which created Gossip Girl, The Clique Series, and The A-List and sold them to Little, Brown and Company.[1][2] Books from The Talent Series started appearing in 2008.

According to a biography provided by Alloy Entertainment, Zoey Dean "divides her time between her house in Beverly Hills and lounging around on her favorite small Caribbean islands".[3] In 2006, The New York Times described Zoey Dean as "a pseudonym for a married writing team".[1] The pseudonym has been jointly used by writers Cherie Bennett and Jeff Gottesfeld.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Wolf, Naomi (March 12, 2006). "New York Times Book Review "Young Adult Fiction: Wild Things" March 12, 2006 =". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-09-20.
  2. ^ "Quill & Quire "Trends in YA reading, part two" March 15, 2006 =". Retrieved 2008-04-18.
  3. ^ "Alloy Entertainment".
  4. ^ Biography: Zoey Dean. Scholastic Corporation (accessed September 20, 2015)