Cecily von Ziegesar is the author of the worldwide bestselling Gossip Girl book series. Her notorious satires of life on the Upper East Side were adapted for TV and aired for six seasons. Cecily grew up in Manhattan, kept horses in Connecticut, and has lived in Italy, Maine, Arizona, Budapest, and London. In each of those places she always found a horse to ride. She now lives in Brooklyn with her family and other animals.
Praise for Dark Horses "A compelling story of love and fixation . .
. The twisted tale of Merritt and Red has the power and mystery of
myth."
--Eliot Schrefer, New York Times bestselling author and two-time
National Book Award finalist "Move over, Black Beauty. Cecily von
Ziegesar has brought the classic horse novel into the twenty-first
century with an alluring, heart-wrenching, and nail-biting look at
an elite and tumultuous world. The relationship between Merritt and
Red is haunting and powerful. I devoured this book to its very
end."
--Sara Shepard, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Pretty
Little Liars "Told in dual perspectives of a troubled teen and the
difficult horse she's paired with, Dark Horses is an exciting new
addition to YA you will not want to miss! Von Ziegesar has created
a world so utterly unique, compelling, and at times heartwrenching,
it stayed with me long after I turned the last page."
--Alyson Noël, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The
Immortals series and Unrivaled "Dark Horses is a slightly bizarre
spin on Black Beauty, about characters who go to desperate lengths
to find control, purpose and love in their lives. In an unusual
viewpoint, Red shines as a tragic victim of human whim."
--Chico Enterprise-Register "This page-turner will draw in a whole
new audience with just the right blend of glamor, scandal, and
horses."
--School Library Journal "The competitive riding world is always a
draw, and this is an intriguing look into its dark side. If that
weren't enough, von Ziegesar's (the Gossip Girl series) name alone
will spur readers."
--Booklist "Von Ziegesar, known for her Gossip Girl series, nails
teen dialogue and horse-show society."
--Kirkus Reviews Praise for Cecily von Ziegesar
"The heartlessness of youth is von Ziegesar's double-edged theme .
. . Her designated reader is an adolescent girl, but the reader she
seems to have firmly in mind as she writes is a literate, even
literary, adult."
--The New Yorker "Sophisticated. Von Ziegesar takes seriously the
inner lives of characters who in any other teen narrative would be
stock villains."
--New York Magazine
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