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" Seventeen: Do you like the direction the Pretty Little Liars show has taken? Sara Shepard: Yes! I really like the spooky twists and the intense mystery. I think the various plot devices work really well for TV, but they are still also in the spirit of Pretty Little Liars as a whole. I also really liked Spencer&amp;#039;s breakdown in the previous season after Toby betrayed her. The girls have had breakdowns of sorts in the books, so it was fun to see that on-screen. 17: Who is your favorite Pretty Little Liars girl? SS: I&amp;#039;m not sure that I have a favorite either on-screen or in the books! Whenever I&amp;#039;m writing, I&amp;#039;m always really excited to dive back into each character. Hanna is fun to write about because of the crazy situations she gets herself in. I love highlighting Spencer&amp;#039;s drive and type-A personality. Emily has great emotional scenes, and it&amp;#039;s a lot of fun to describe Aria&amp;#039;s quirks. 17: What is the newest book in the series, Crushed, about? SS: The girls are getting closer and closer to figuring out who A is. This is the third A, although they&amp;#039;re beginning to wonder if it&amp;#039;s the same A they&amp;#039;ve seen before. In Crushed, the girls decide to have a War Room, where they write a list of suspects who might be A and narrow them down one by one. It leads to a shocking discovery and the girls suspecting someone really unexpected. 17: Do you have an end for the Liars in mind? SS: Right now, I&amp;#039;m planning to write three more books for the series and I have an idea for an end for that book in mind. After that, I&amp;#039;m not sure. That&amp;#039;s the thing about PLL though\u2014the characters are so compelling and the mystery is so interesting that I could probably find something else to write about. Or maybe I&amp;#039;ll write a bonus book, like Ali&amp;#039;s Pretty Little Lies, which came out last January.  17: How do you come up with the crazy PLL plot twists? SS: It&amp;#039;s hard! I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors. Sometimes it just comes out in the writing. I&amp;#039;ll get an idea as I&amp;#039;m writing the chapter. I try to go for maximum surprises in PLL, stuff you don&amp;#039;t see coming. It&amp;#039;s a lot of fun! Crushed is out now and the new season of Pretty Little Liars premieres June 11 at 8/9 on ABC Family. Get a sneak peek of the new season by scanning page 81 of the latest issue of Seventeen! You can also win a trip to the PLL set! Click here to enter! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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