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 ...

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 ...

LJ Smith, the author whose bestselling Vampire Diaries novels were adapted into a hit TV show, has died aged 66. The New York Times reports that the bestselling author died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, ...

“Thank you for helping me turn into the strong woman I am today, by portraying strong female characters in your works ... stories were where my love of books first began. No other books hold ...

she didn’t own the characters or the copyright. When vampire books experienced a resurgence in popularity during the mid-2000s, sales of The Vampire Diaries began to soar. She was contracted by ...