‘We Were Liars’ Bosses on Meeting High Expectations With Amazon TV Adaptation: ‘Do Not Screw Up That Beautiful Book’

When “Vampire Diaries” creator Julie Plec and “Roswell, New Mexico” showrunner Carina Adly MacKenzie first began the process of adapting E. Lockhart’s “We Were Liars,” they felt an immense pressure to stay true to the beloved YA novel — sometimes even more than the author, herself.

“Our North Star as a team was, ‘Do not screw up that beautiful book,'” Plec told TheWrap. “It evolved into a relationship where the novelist was more often telling us that it was OK to change things, while...