
The Amateur appeared in 2016 Publishers Weekly Starred Review. In 2012, Twisted & Pretty Little Liars Box Set novels were nominated for Buckeye Children’s Book Award & Colorado Blue Spruce Award respectively. In 2013, The Lying Game was nominated for the Lowa High School Book Award for the young adult category. Success does not go unnoticed, and Sara Shepard is a goddess in the publishing realm from the city of Pennsylvania. Sara Shepard currently lives in Pittsburgh, United States. Her career in writing began in 2002 when she worked as a ghostwriter freelance, and in 2005 she wrote her books.

While working for Time Inc Custom Publishing, the author produced several lifestyle magazines for various corporate clients.

Shepard had passion in writing since childhood, and to sharpen her skills, she joined Brooklyn College and studied Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing where she graduated in 2004.
