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 ...

However, it was her subsequent work on 'The Vampire Diaries' that catapulted her to fame. The first three books in this series were published in 1991 and quickly gained popularity for their engaging ...

It’s a good month for criticism in the literary world, with new books in April exploring everything from early-’00s feminism to modern TV and video games. On the fiction side, there’s a new ...

Her books inspired the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries (picture shows the cast of the show)Credit: AF archive The author, who shot to fame with her Vampire Diaries book series, had been suffering ...

CLARKSVILLE, TN − The Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library is excited to host local authors and illustrators at the Writers and Illustrators Symposium Extravaganza (WISE) on March 29 ...

By Mitch Smith A federal judge in Iowa blocked on Tuesday the portion of a Republican-backed law that banned libraries in public schools from stocking books that described sex acts. The decision ...

France’s education ministry has cancelled an order for “Beauty and the Beast” with modern illustrations ... book intended for publication showed the original 1756 text by Jeanne-Marie Leprin ...