Chando starred as the main two characters Sutton Mercer and Emma Becker. The network confirmed the cancellation of The Lying Game in July 2013, after Chando had announced the news on Twitter and Instagram. ABC Family took an unusually long time to decide whether or not to renew The Lying Game beyond season 2, and the cast's contract options lapsed in April 2013 with only Alexandra Chando signing a new option. Like the former, The Lying Game is also loosely based on the book series. The Lying Game premiered on Augon ABC Family. 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. Actresses Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Shay Mitchell, and Lucy Hale star as the main characters Spencer Hastings, Hanna Marin, Emily Fields and Aria Montgomery. The adaptation television series Pretty Little Liars lasted for seven seasons. The Pretty Little Liars series of novels is 'loosely based on her experiences growing up in Chester County'. Shepard's book series Pretty Little Liars and The Lying Game have both been turned into television series by ABC Family (now under the name of Freeform). Shepard currently resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She started ghostwriting as a freelancer in 2002 and writing her own books in 2005.

Custom Publishing and produced lifestyle magazines for corporate clients. From 2000 to 2005, Shepard worked at Time, Inc. degree in 1999 and an MFA in Creative Writing from Brooklyn College in 2004. She attended New York University, where she graduated with a B.S.

She graduated from Downingtown High School in Downingtown, Pennsylvania in 1995. TV Guide Magazine: So.Shepard grew up with a sister named Alison. I would love to have kept Toby alive, too. And the show is giving Mike a bigger part. Shepard: I've brought characters back, like Ezra, because he was so loved on the show.

TV Guide Magazine: The books and the show are so different. Shepard: Yes! I love these characters so much. TV Guide Magazine: There's also a nice hint in the final pages that more could be added to this story later on. I never wanted to write about them going away to college or moving away, but you see where they are going to go from here. Shepard: I'm not sure I knew how I wanted to end each girl's story, but I knew how I wanted to end their story with Alison. TV Guide Magazine: Did you know from the beginning how you wanted to wrap things up? Shepard: I didn't think I'd go beyond the eighth book. TV Guide Magazine: Why stop the books now? After 16 books about the quartet of teen pals - and A, the mysterious person (or people) stalking them - novelist Sara Shepard is ending the series that inspired ABC Family's hit with her final installment, Vicious (on shelves Dec.

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