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.
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.