Bestselling author L.J. Smith passed away at 66. The author was famous for the Vampire Diaries novel series, which has been adapted into a TV series. Smith, whose full name was Lisa Jane Smith, passed ...

Author L.J. Smith, who created the 'Vampire Diaries' otherwordly book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name, ...

The New York Times best-seller died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif, after suffering the effects of a rare autoimmune disease for a decade.

LJ Smith, the author whose bestselling Vampire Diaries novels were adapted into a hit TV show, has died aged 66. The New York Times reports that the bestselling author died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, ...

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, Judy Clifford, ...

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a ... Smith had originally been hired to write the novel series by a book packager - who sold them to a publisher ...

The first novel Smith published was “The Night of ... It led to a deal with Alloy Entertainment to write “The Vampire Diaries.” The series started off with three books published in 1991 ...