{{short description|American film producer}}
{{BLP sources|date=February 2011}} '''Deborah Gregory''' is an American author and film producer. She is best known as the author of the book series ''The Cheetah Girls''.<ref>{{cite news | first=Susie Norris | last=Epstein | newspaper=L.A. Times | title=Author's creation, Disney's jackpot | date=February 13, 2008 | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-feb-13-et-cheetah13-story.html}}</ref> She was a co-producer of the Disney Channel Original Movies based on her books ''The Cheetah Girls'' and ''The Cheetah Girls 2'' and an executive producer for ''The Cheetah Girls: One World''.
==The Cheetah Girls== The book series is about five ambitious girls who form a singing group and achieve their dreams in the fictional "Jiggy Jungle." These girls have their own set of ethics as well as their own language, which Gregory provides a glossary for in her books. The girls pictured on the cover of the books are made up of an actual three girl singing group called Before Dark, an aspiring ballerina and a performer who was starring in "The Lion King." Gregory's inspiration for the musical group was the R&B group Destiny's Child and her own childhood aspirations of musical stardom.<ref name="Inspiration">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cheetahrama.com/press.html |title=Cheetahrama by Deborah Gregory |access-date=2012-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120410040711/http://www.cheetahrama.com/press.html |archive-date=2012-04-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The novel series was adapted in a film series with three installments. There are 22 books in ''The Cheetah Girls'' series, six of which are books that tie directly to the films. In 2001, the series became the Blackboard Children's Book of the Year.
==Writing== Gregory has written for various magazines including ''Grace'', ''More'', ''US'', and ''Entertainment Weekly''. She has also won awards, acknowledging her contributions to "Essence Magazine" since 1992. In 1999, she penned the book series ''The Cheetah Girls''. The books were adapted into a series of original movies by Disney Channel, starting in 2003. She also wrote the Catwalk trilogy including "Catwalk", "Catwalk: Strike a Pose", and "Catwalk: Rip the Runaway."<ref>{{cite journal | journal=Seventeen | first=Tara | last=Roberts | url=http://www.seventeen.com/entertainment/features/deborah-gregory-bio | title=Get an inside scoop on the author of Catwalk. | year= 2008}}</ref>
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