The way it happened was sort of by accident. “I love the way he tells stories.” Favorite TV shows: Mad Men, Girls, Modern Family Guilty pleasure: “Lying around by myself reading with nobody bothering me” Last book read: The Burgess Boys by Elizabeth Strout Twitter handle: Why did you decide to write in the young adult genre? Were you ever concerned that your decision wouldn’t prove as lucrative or that your work would be less acclaimed as books in the adult genre? from NYU (1999), MFA from Brooklyn College (2004) Marital status: Single Media idol: This American Life host Ira Glass. Birthdate: April 8 Hometown: Pittsburgh Education: B.S. Started ghostwriting as a freelancer in 2002 and writing her own books in 2005. Custom Publishing, producing lifestyle magazines for corporate clients. Name: Sara Shepard Position: Author Resume: From 2000 to 2005 worked at Time, Inc. But make no mistake she’s more than just mean-girl cliques and homecoming drama. The uber-prolific scribe also has an adult novel on the way - for those of us who prefer to keep the past in the past. With more than 20 books published (in eight years!), Shepard is one of the hottest writers in the blazing YA genre.
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