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."

Pretty Little Liars is in the run of season six and on June 10, 2014 was renewed for its sixth and seventh seasons. It also had a short-lived spin-off starring Pretty Little Liars' cast member Tyler Blackburn as Caleb Rivers, entitled Ravenswood. Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, and Lucy Hale star as the main characters: Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields and Aria Montgomery. Shepard had a cameo on Pretty Little Liars in episode 7 of season 1 and episode 24 of season 5.

The Lying Game was canceled after its second season that aired in March 2013. Alexandra Chando starred as the main two characters: Sutton Mercer and Emma Becker.

Personal life

Shepard currently resides in Pittsburgh, PA.

Bibliography

Young Adult Pretty Little Liars Pretty Little Liars (October 12, 2006) Flawless (March 7, 2007) Perfect (August 21, 2007) Unbelievable (May 27, 2008) Wicked (November 25, 2008) Killer (June 30, 2009) Heartless (January 19, 2010) Wanted (June 8, 2010) Twisted (July 5, 2011) Ruthless (December 6, 2011) Stunning (June 5, 2012) Burned (December 4, 2012) Crushed (June 4, 2013) Deadly (December 3, 2013) Toxic (June 3, 2014) Vicious (December 4, 2014) Pretty Little Liars (Companion books) Pretty Little Secrets (January 3, 2012) Ali's Pretty Little Lies (January 2, 2013)

The Lying Game The Lying Game (December 7, 2010) Never Have I Ever (August 2, 2011) Two Truths and a Lie (February 7, 2012) Hide and Seek (July 31, 2012) Cross My Heart, Hope to Die (February 5, 2013) Seven Minutes in Heaven (July 30, 2013) The Lying Game (Companion books) The First Lie (December 18, 2012) True Lies (June 4, 2013) The Heiresses The Heiresses (May 20, 2014) The Perfectionists The Perfectionists (October 7, 2014) The Good Girls (June 2, 2015) The Amateurs The Amateurs (November 1, 2016) Adult The Visibles (May 5, 2009) Everything We Ever Wanted (October 10, 2011)

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