LJ Smith, the author whose bestselling Vampire Diaries novels were adapted into a hit TV show, has died aged 66. The New York ...

She laid the foundation for the hit series "The Vampire Diaries" with her novels: Now author L. J. Smith has died at the age ...

Author L.J. Smith, who created the “Vampire Diaries” book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name and contributed to pop culture’s obsession with vampires, has died. Smith died ...

Lisa Jane Smith, author of the hit supernatural series The Vampire Diaries, has died aged 66. The American writer, known as LJ Smith, created the stories of the warring vampire brothers which were ...

That same year, Alloy Entertainment editor Elise Donner commissioned her to begin writingThe Vampire Diaries. The first three books in the series were published in 1991 by HarperCollins ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of "The Vampire Diaries" books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at ...

Fans are mourning the loss of a legendary author. L.J. Smith, who wrote "The Vampire Diaries" novels, died on March 8 after a decade-long battle with a rare autoimmune disease, her partner Julie ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at the age of 66. Smith’s partner, Julie Divola, and sister ...

By Jeré Longman L.J. Smith, an author of young adult novels best known for “The Vampire Diaries” series, which became a hit television drama, and for repossessing her characters by writing ...