L.J. Smith, author of the bestselling Vampire Diaries novels, died on March 8, 2025, in Walnut Creek, California. She was 66. Her partner, Julie Divola, and sister, Judy Clifford, confirmed she died ...

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 March 8 in a ...

Bestselling author L.J. Smith, best known for the book series "The Vampire Diaries," which also became a TV hit, has died at 66.

Elena's changed appearance in The Vampire Diaries foreshadowed her ending up with Damon, not Stefan as in the books. Elena's original book appearance and attitude were swapped with Caroline's in the ...

New York Times Best-Selling author L.J. Smith, who is best known for writing The Vampire Diaries book series, has died. She was 66 years old. As The New York Times reports, Smith—who was born Lisa ...

According to Highfill’s I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries book, the relationship between Klaus and Caroline failed to materialize due to the former’s commitment to TVD ...

Over eight seasons, The Vampire Diaries saw Elena herself become a vampire, as well as her best friend Caroline, be embroiled in a love triangle, and she and her friends and allies end up dealing with ...

Lisa Jane Smith "L.J. Smith," the author of the Vampire Diaries book series, died on Saturday, March 8, at 66 years old in Walnut Creek, California. Smith's partner, Julie Divola, as well as her ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at the age of 66. Smith’s partner, Julie Divola, and sister, Judy Clifford, ...

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 ...