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A Look Inside the YA Hit Machine

Ever wonder who deserves the blame—or praise—for unleashing Gossip Girl upon the world? Next week’s issue of The New Yorker has the answer: Alloy Entertainment, the juggernaut of young adult fiction. Alloy’s not only responsible for the Gossip Girl series, but also its clones The A-List (Gossip Girl moves to Los Angeles), The Clique (Gossip Girl goes back in time and winds up in middle school), and The Insiders (Gossip Girl gets a sex change)—as well as series like The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants and the best-selling murder mysteries Pretty Little Liars ... (Read more in DoubleX.)