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.

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 ...

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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 ...

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By Jeré Longman L.J. Smith, an author of young adult novels best known for “The Vampire Diaries” series, which became a hit television drama, and for repossessing her characters by writing ...

Author L.J. Smith has died at age 66. “Lisa Jane Smith of Danville, California passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 8, 2025, after a long bout with illness,” an obituary on the writer’s ...

LJ Smith, author of the bestselling series The Vampire Diaries, has died aged just 66. Her death, which occurred on March 8th, died in hospital in Danville, California, her family has confirmed.

Lisa Jane Smith – also known by her readers as L. J. Smith – has died at the age of 66 Author of The Vampire Diaries Lisa Jane Smith – best known as L. J. Smith – has died at the age of 66.

The author behind the Vampire Diaries books has died at the age of 66. LJ Smith is said to have died in hospital where she was being treated for a rare autoimmune disease, according to her family.

Ian Somerhalder, left, Nina Dobrev and Paul Wesley, pictured in London in 2010, starred in The Vampire Diaries (Yui Mok/PA) PA Archive “She will be remembered for her imaginative spirit ...