Abstract

Fanfiction.net, an online fan fiction archive site, currently has over 5,800 titles about Gossip Girl, a series of books aimed at teens that has also been developed into a TV show. This article will look at what has been written on fan fiction and teens to date, introduce how Gossip Girl in particular lends itself to the creation of fan fiction, and discuss how teen writers are using Gossip Girl fan fiction and what they get out of writing. I will then conclude with a recommendation of some ways in which librarians, teachers, and others can incorporate fan fiction into their collections, spaces, lessons and programs in order to better serve the teens who create fan fiction.