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

The Vampire Diaries mainly focused on Elena for better or worse, but there's one character who would've been an even better ...

Between these fascinating characters and its extremely unique and well-realized setting, Fevre Dream is an excellent read for any vampire fan, and seems like it will be a perfect follow-up to Sinners ...

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 ... novels best known for “The Vampire Diaries” series, which became a hit television drama, and for repossessing her characters by writing fan fiction ...

She published the first four "Vampire Diaries" books from 1991 to 1992. Alloy hired Smith on a work-for-hire contract — meaning she did not own the rights to her characters — but she did not ...

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 ...

Smith started out her career as a teacher at a US elementary school but quit after three years to pursue a writing career in 1989. Her final books in both The Vampire Diaries and Secret Circle series ...