In January 2010 Yen Press will publish Cecily von Ziegesar’s New York Times best selling series into Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only, which is to be serialized in Yen Plus manga anthology. The goal of the manga series is to draw in a female audience in the same way that the original Gossip Girl books created a craze of female readers in 2002. Publishers around the world are now prioritizing the creation of women both as strong characters in comics and as faithful readers:

“There are few series in the publishing world that have been as impactful or successful as Cecily von Ziegesar’s Gossip Girl,” said Kurt Hassler, publishing director for Yen Press. “The novels have captured the imaginations of young women around the world, and we look forward to demonstrating with Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only that graphic novels as a medium can be just as welcoming to girls as it is to boys.” –Manganews.net

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