The New York Times bestselling author released the first three books in the Vampire Diaries series in 1991: The Awakening, The Struggle, and The Fury. The fourth book, Dark Reunion, came out in 1992.

Lisa Jane Smith, popularly known as L.J. Smith, passed away on March 8, 2025, leaving behind a remarkable legacy in the realm of young adult fiction. Best known for her bestselling Vampire Diaries ...

Author L.J. Smith, who created the “Vampire Diaries” book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name and contributed to pop culture’s obsession with vampires, has died. Smith died ...

AUTHOR L. J. Smith whose novels inspired the hit TV show The Vampire Diaries has tragically died aged 66. Ms Smith died in hospital where she was being treated for a rare autoimmune disease ...

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 ...