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

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 ...

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 ...

This novel attracted the attention of Alloy Entertainment, a book packaging company since acquired by Warner Bros. The publishing group signed Smith on to write The Vampire Diaries as a young ...

Lisa Jane Smith, acclaimed for 'The Vampire Diaries,' has died at 66. Renowned for her supernatural fiction, Smith lost creative control of her series but later reclaimed it through fan fiction.

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a hit TV show, has died at the age of 66. Lisa Jane Smith published the original four-book series, about a love triangle ...

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 ...