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

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

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 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 ...

Her books inspired the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries (picture shows the cast of the show)Credit: AF archive The author, who shot to fame with her Vampire Diaries book series, had been suffering ...

However, in 1990, she was commissioned by a publisher to write a young adult series that became "The Vampire Diaries". She delivered the first four books in the series, but the publishers ...

Follow-up Heart of Valor was published in 1990. That same year, Alloy Entertainment editor Elise Donner commissioned her to begin writingThe Vampire Diaries. The first three books in the series were ...

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.

We, your fans, love and will miss you.” Another fan shared, “Her writing and stories were where my love of books first began. No other books hold a higher place in my heart [than] hers do.