Shortly after, Smith parted ways with HarperCollins (which bought the "Vampire Diaries" book series) and Alloy, reportedly over creative differences. Despite this, Alloy hired a ghostwriter to write ...

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

L.J. Smith, the author of the Vampire Diaries novels as well as dozens of other young-adult fiction books, has died at the age of 66 after a years-long battle with a rare autoimmune disease.

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 ...

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 ...

She published the first four “Vampire Diaries” books from 1991 to 1992 ... Alloy hired a ghostwriter to write new novels and complete the “Vampire Diaries” series.

L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at the age of 66. Smith’s partner, Julie Divola, and sister ...