“Vampire Diaries” starred Nina Dobrev as teenager Elena Gilbert, who finds herself in a love triangle between vampire brothers Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan Salvatore (Paul ...

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a ... fantasy/sci-fi actress for Nina Dobrev, who played Elena for the first six seasons. Dobrev starred alongside ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted ... Nina Dobrev starred as Elena Gilbert, who catches the eye of vampires Damon Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan ...

Author L.J. Smith has died at age 66. “Lisa Jane Smith of Danville, California passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 8, 2025, after a long bout with illness,” an obituary on the writer’s ...

AUTHOR L. J. Smith whose novels inspired the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries has tragically died aged 66. Ms Smith died in hospital where she was being treated for a rare autoimmune disease, her ...

The author behind the Vampire Diaries books has died at the age of 66. LJ Smith is said to have died in hospital where she was being treated for a rare autoimmune disease, according to her family.

The young-adult fiction genre lost a gem. Beloved author L.J. Smith, best known for The Vampire Diaries, has passed away at age 66. “Lisa Jane Smith of Danville, California passed away ...

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 ...

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 Divola and her sister Judy Clifford told The New ...

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 ...