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 ...

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into ... However, Smith's remained the most prominent name on the book covers as the series creator. The author said the ...

Author Lisa Jane "LJ" Smith, whose young adult series "The Vampire Diaries" became one of the unexpected hits of its genre, has died at the age of 66 after a long illness.

Smith first brought 'The Vampire Diaries' to life in the early 1990s ... Although Smith’s name remained on the book covers as the series creator, she had no involvement in the official ...

Fans took to her online works over some of the later Vampire Diaries books, which were ghostwritten but still had Smith's name on the cover, and she became a symbol for authors who have reclaimed ...

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