Sara Shepard
Sara Catherine Shepard is an American author known for the bestselling Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game book series, both of which have been turned into television shows on ABC Family.
Early life
Shepard's father, Bob, was American, and her mother, Mindy, was born in Toronto. Shepard grew up with a sister named Ali. She graduated from Downingtown High School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania in 1995. She attended New York University, where she graduated with a B.S. degree in 1999 and an MFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College in 2004.
Career
From 2000 to 2005, Shepard worked at Time, Inc. Custom Publishing and produced lifestyle magazines for corporate clients. She started ghostwriting as a freelancer in 2002 and writing her own books in 2005.
Television series
Shepard's Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game book series have been turned into a television series by ABC Family. The Pretty Little Liars series of novels is "loosely based on her experiences growing up on Philadelphia's Main Line."
