Sara Shepard | |
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 Sara Shepard at the Brooklyn Book Festival (2010) | |
| Born | (1977-04-08)April 8, 1977 (age 48) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | |
| Period | 2005–present |
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Sara Shepard (born April 8, 1977) is an American author. She is known for the bestsellingPretty Little Liars andThe Lying Game book series, both of which have been turned into television shows onFreeform.
Shepard grew up with a sister named Alison. She graduated fromDowningtown High School inDowningtown, Pennsylvania in 1995. She attendedNew York University, where she graduated with aB.S. degree in 1999 and anMFA in Creative Writing fromBrooklyn College in 2004.[1] 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.[1]
Shepard currently resides inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[2]
Shepard's book seriesPretty Little Liars andThe Lying Game have both been turned into television series by ABC Family (now under the name ofFreeform). ThePretty Little Liars series of novels is "loosely based on her experiences growing up inChester County".[2] The adaptation television seriesPretty Little Liars lasted for seven seasons. ActressesTroian Bellisario,Ashley Benson,Shay Mitchell, andLucy Hale star as the main charactersSpencer Hastings,Hanna Marin,Emily Fields andAria Montgomery. Shepard had a cameo on two episodes of the show: "The Homecoming Hangover", as a substitute teacher and "I'm a Good Girl, I Am", as the news reporter.[3]
The Lying Game premiered on August 15, 2011 on ABC Family. Like the former,The Lying Game is also loosely based on the book series. ABC Family took an unusually long time to decide whether or not to renewThe Lying Game beyond season 2, and the cast's contract options lapsed in April 2013 with only Alexandra Chando signing a new option.[4] The network confirmed the cancellation ofThe Lying Game in July 2013,[5] after Chando had announced the news on Twitter and Instagram.[6][7] Chando starred as the main two characters Sutton Mercer and Emma Becker.
On September 25, 2017, it was announced that Shephard’s 2014 book seriesThe Perfectionists would be loosely adapted into a television series, titledPretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, serving as a sequel to the television seriesPretty Little Liars on Freeform.[8]Sasha Pieterse andJanel Parrish have confirmed to reprise their originalPretty Little Liars roles asAlison DiLaurentis andMona Vanderwaal. The series featured characters fromThe Perfectionists series played by actorsSofia Carson,Sydney Park, Eli Brown andKelly Rutherford as Ava Jalali, Caitlin Martell-Lewis, Dylan Wright and Claire Hotchkiss, respectively. The series is cancelled after one season.[9] On September 29, 2017, it was announced that Shepard's 2014 bookThe Heiresses would be adapted into a television series forABC, with Shay Mitchell starring as Corrine Saybrook.[10] As of 2018, the network has not move forwardThe Heiresses.[11]
In May 2019, it was announced that Shepard would produce the anthology web seriesCrown Lake, which debuted onBrat on June 20, 2019.[12] Shepard created a podcast series titledCruise Ship, which was released by Meet Cute on July 6, 2021.[13]
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The Perfectionists[edit]
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2010 | Pretty Little Liars | Ms. Shepard | Cameo appearance; "The Homecoming Hangover" (1.07) |
| 2015 | News reporter "Sara Shepard" | Cameo appearance; "I'm a Good Girl, I Am" (5.24) |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2019–present | Crown Lake | Writer / producer | Web series |
| 2021–2022 | Memory Lane | Co-creator / writer | Podcast series |
| 2021 | Cruise Ship | Creator / writer | Podcast series |
| 2022 | The Liars | Creator / writer | Podcast series[16] |
