This book caught the attention of Alloy Entertainment, a publishing company now owned by Warner Bros. They later hired Smith to create The Vampire Diaries as a young adult response to the 1994 ...

The reboot of the classic 70s drama is described as a “reimagining” of the original series based on Laura Ingalls Wilder’s books ... work in The Boys, Vampire Diaries, and Archive 81 ...

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

Lisa Jane Smith "L.J. Smith," the author of the Vampire Diaries book series, died on Saturday, March 8, at 66 years old in ...

She wrote seven books in a series that went on to be a ... an author of young adult novels best known for “The Vampire Diaries” series, which became a hit television drama, and for ...

Two Vampire Diaries stars are raising the stakes in real life — fans of the show are delighted to discover that Zach Roerig and Arielle Kebbel are a real-life couple. During a recent meet-and-greet ...

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 ...

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 ...

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L.J. Smith, who wrote "The Vampire Diaries" novels ... the New York Times bestselling author penned more than 29 books—which were celebrated for exploring the supernatural as well as elements ...