The Vampire Diaries TV show did a great job of adding value to its source material, but there are also some things the books handled better.

The Vampire Diaries show changed a number of details from L.J. Smith's book series, like Stefan and Damon's personalities and Elena's family members.

Nina Dobrev played Elena for six seasons on 'The Vampire Diaries,' but the differences from the book's Elena began immediately.

When The Vampire Diaries ended its eight-season run in 2017, The CW drama did so in a way that few shows do: with a satisfying conclusion to most of the fan-favorite series’ storylines. The ...

Author L.J. Smith, who created the 'Vampire Diaries' otherwordly book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name, died this month. She was 66.

Although the late 2000s were all about the vampire craze, few shows in that genre reached such massive popularity or still stick with people the way The Vampire Diaries does. Pretty much everyone ...

Author L.J. Smith, who created the 'Vampire Diaries' otherwordly book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name, died this month. She was 66.

From terrifying night stalkers to dangerously alluring creatures of the dark, there's a bloodsucker for every reader in these vampire books.

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.

The Vampire Diaries, which was the most-watched CW series before Arrow began, made its debut on September 10, 2009.

Based on L.J. Smith’s series of books by the same name, The Vampire Diaries is a supernatural drama centered on Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev), a high school student who recently lost her parents ...

She wrote seven books in a series that went on to be a hit TV show. After she was replaced by ghostwriters, she reclaimed her characters online in fan fiction.