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Zibby Right is a freelance magazine writer and author. Her first essay was published in
Seventeen in 1993. Her work has since appeared in
Shape,
Self,
Modern Bride,
Elegant Bride and
Quest, where she was a Contributing Editor from 2006-2009. She recently joined
Observer Playground, the
New York Observer's new glossy, quintessential magazine for moms; an insider's guide to everything well-heeled New York City moms want and need to know, as a Contributor.
Zibby is currently an Advisor and founding team member of
Gaggle of Chicks.
Gaggle of Chicks is a daily deal site offering discounts of up to 60% on products and services for moms and their families. The site launched in New York in August 2010 and nationwide in November 2010.
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Zibby graduated
cum laude from Yale University in 1998 with a B.A. in Psychology. At Yale, she was co-Editor-in-Chief of
The Insider's Guide to the Colleges 1999, an entirely student-written college guidebook published by St. Martin's Press. She wrote for the
Yale Herald.
After a three-year marketing career, Zibby attended Harvard Business School from which she received her MBA in 2003. She served as Features and Viewpoints Editor of the
Harbus weekly newspaper, where she was a Featured Columnist. She also co-authored a note entitled, "Work and Job Search Related Stress," published by Harvard Business School Publishing.
Zibby wrote her first novel,
Off Balance, a coming-of-age story about a young woman who loses her best friend on 9/11, in 2004. She co-authored a non-fiction, fashion/fitness book,
Your Perfect Fit, with Paige Adams-Geller, founder of Paige Premium Denim, and Ashley Borden, a celebrity trainer. It was published by McGraw-Hill in January 2008. Since then she has edited a book on paperie for author Karen Bartolomei and self-published a memoir,
Little Morsels: What I Wish I'd Known Before Having Twins, as a gift for her oldest friend.
Zibby lives with her husband and twins in Manhattan, where she was born and raised.