Sara Shepard Research Paper

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Becoming a successful author can be quite difficult, but forty-one-year-old Sara Shepard has done just that, and more. I am writing this report to introduce you to Sara Shepard, telling you about her life, and talk about some of her most successful literary works. I chose Sara Shepard because I have read all sixteen novels of her Pretty Little Liars series, along with her three companion novels. The Pretty Little Liars series was developed into a television program on what used to be ABC Family—now Freeform, in 2010, and continued to watch the series until it ended in 2017. Throughout this paper, you will learn about where Shepard grew up, when and why she pursued a writing career, and the success of her novels. Shepard is quite an exceptional author, who pursued writing at a young age, and her career is still soaring years after writing her first novel. Sara Shepard was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 8th, 1977. She grew up in Philadelphia’s Main Line, which is the name for the western suburbs of Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Main Line got its name from the fact that towns were built along the “Main Line” of the Pennsylvania Railroad. It ran northwest from downtown Philadelphia, running parallel to Lancaster Avenue, which is now U.S. Route 30, and the …show more content…
Shepard likes to keep her personal life as private as possible. With this, finding where she attended elementary and middle school came up with no results. Shepard attended Downingtown High School, located in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. She attended New York University in 1999, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree. In 2004, she enrolled in Brooklyn College to later receive her Master of Fine Arts degree. (Shepard). “From 2000 to 2005, Shepard worked at Time, Inc. Custom Publishing, producing lifestyle magazines for corporate clients. Started ghostwriting as a freelancer in 2002 and writing her own books in 2005.”

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