who was born in Florida in September 1958,, wrote several young-adult book series including “Night World” and “The Secret Circle” but was best known for creating the “Vampire Diaries ...

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 ...

LJ Smith, the author whose bestselling Vampire Diaries novels were adapted into a hit TV show ... create new instalments for the characters she had created. Her trilogy The Secret Circle was published ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted ... Visions” and “Night World” as well as “The Secret Circle” (the basis of another but short-lived CW ...

Her other notable works include 'Night World' and 'The Secret Circle.' Smith first brought 'The Vampire Diaries' to life in the early 1990s, releasing a four-book series that followed the lives of ...

“The Secret Circle” and The New York Times’ bestselling work “Dark Visions.” Author L.J. Smith, who wrote “The Vampire Diaries,” has died. (WKBN) Smith died “peacefully” in a ...

Author L.J. Smith has died at age 66. “Lisa Jane Smith of Danville, California passed away peacefully on Saturday, March 8, 2025, after a long bout with illness,” an obituary on the writer’s ...

L.J. Smith, who wrote "The Vampire Diaries" novels ... and romance—including the "Night World" series, as well as "The Secret Circle," "Dark Visions" and "The Forbidden Game" trilogies.

By Jeré Longman L.J. Smith, an author of young adult novels best known for “The Vampire Diaries” series, which became a hit television drama, and for repossessing her characters by writing ...

Lisa Jane Smith – also known by her readers as L. J. Smith – has died at the age of 66 Author of The Vampire Diaries Lisa Jane Smith – best known as L. J. Smith – has died at the age of 66.