New York Times Best-Selling author L.J. Smith, who is best known for writing The Vampire Diaries book series, has died. She was 66 years old. As The New York Times reports, Smith—who was born ...

Her first novel, The Night Of The Solstice, was published in 1987, before the then teacher was asked to write The Vampire Diaries volumes by a book packager. She wrote further books in the series ...