Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a hit TV show, has died at the age of 66. Lisa ...

Author Lisa Jane "LJ" Smith, whose young adult series "The Vampire Diaries" became one of the unexpected hits of its genre, ...

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into ... However, Smith's remained the most prominent name on the book covers as the series creator. The author said the ...

LJ Smith, the beloved creator of 'The Vampire Diaries' series, has died at the age of 66, leaving behind a legacy of ...

Author Lisa Jane "LJ" Smith, whose young adult series "The Vampire Diaries" became one ... for several subsequent books, using her name on the books' covers with the words "created by".

Smith was best known as the author of The Vampire Diaries, which sold millions of copies and became a hit TV show.  The ...

Fans took to her online works over some of the later Vampire Diaries books, which were ghostwritten but still had Smith's name on the cover, and she became a symbol for authors who have reclaimed ...