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 ...

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, ...

The New York Times best-seller died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif, after suffering the effects of a rare autoimmune disease for a decade.

Smith published the original four-book series, about two vampire brothers ... She wrote another trilogy in 2009-11. The TV show Vampire Diaries starred Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder ...

The novels were adapted into a hit CW show of the same name starring Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley and more ...

Smith first brought 'The Vampire Diaries' to life in the early 1990s, releasing a four-book series that followed ... However despite being the original creator, Smith’s control over her own ...

Smith published over 24 books and reportedly ... reclaiming her own original characters through the emerging medium of fan fiction. The Vampire Diaries was among the most prolific television ...