US EditionL.J. Smith, Author of Vampire Diaries Novels, Dead at 66
- L.J. Smith, the New York Times bestselling author best known for The Vampire Diaries series, died peacefully on Saturday, March 8, 2025, in Danville, California, at the age of 66, after a long bout with illness.
- Smith's career began with her first fantasy novel, The Night of the Solstice, in 1987, and continued with the Vampire Diaries series starting in 1991, experiencing a surge in popularity during the mid-2000s.
- The Vampire Diaries, a series following a love triangle between vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore and human Elena Gilbert in Mystic Falls, Virginia, was adapted into a successful CW television show in 2009, running for 171 episodes and spawning spin-off series.
- Despite being fired as the official writer of The Vampire Diaries book series by 2011 and replaced by ghostwriters, Smith continued to create and publish fan fiction based on her versions of the story, and in 2014, she used Kindle Worlds to publish a book and novella continuing her storylines.
- Remembered for her imaginative spirit and pioneering role in supernatural fiction, Smith, who battled a rare autoimmune disease for a decade, remained fiercely dedicated to writing until her death, according to her agent John Silbersack and her family, Julie Divola and Judy Clifford.
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L.J. Smith, author of 'Vampirical Chronicles', dies at 66 years of age
The writer died on March 8 in a hospital in California, after ten years suffering from a rare autoimmune diseaseA documentary to do justice with Agustín Gómez Arcos, the “hito of Spanish literature” censored by Francoism L.J. Smith, the author of the literary series Vampírica Chronicles, died on March 8 at a hospital in Walnut Creek, California. Her partner Julie Divola and her sister Judy Clifford confirmed the news last Wednesday to The New Yo…
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