L.J. Smith, the writer who created the Vampire Diaries novels has died. She was 66.
Her accomplice, Julie Divola and her sister, Judy Clifford, instructed The New York Instances that Smith handed away in hospital after battling the signs of a uncommon autoimmune illness for a decade.
Her loss of life has additionally been confirmed on her web site.
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“Gone, however not forgotten. Lisa Jane Smith of Danville, California handed away peacefully on Saturday, March 8, 2025, after an extended bout with sickness,” a press release on the web site learn.
Born to folks Kathryn J. Smith and Glenn C. Smith in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Smith was raised within the small city on Villa Park in Southern California.
She went on to obtain a Bachelor of Arts diploma in Experimental Psychology from the College of California at Santa Barbara in 1987, adopted by her educating credentials from San Francisco State College, in accordance with her web site.
She pursued a profession as a kindergarten and particular training trainer for a number of years earlier than turning into a full-time writer however her love for writing got here lengthy earlier than that.
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Smith stated she realised she needed to be a author between kindergarten and first grade after a “trainer praised a horrible poem [she’d] written”.
She went on to make that occur.
Smith authored greater than two dozen novels all through her lifetime which she printed underneath her pen identify L. J. Smith and have become a New York Instances bestselling writer of young-adult fiction.
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Of all her books, Smith is greatest recognized for the 13 books she penned within the Vampire Diaries sequence. The novel sequence went on to be tailored right into a broadly profitable TV sequence The Vampire Diaries.
The TV sequence, which starred Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, went on to turn into one of many largest vampire TV sequence of the late 2000s and early 2010s alongside the likes of Buffy and True Blood.
Alongside the Vampire Diaries sequence, Smith can also be well-known for her Night time World sequence. She additionally penned three trilogies; The Secret Circle, Darkish Visions and The Forbidden Recreation in addition to the Wildworld books, The Night time of the Solstice and Coronary heart of Valor.
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“Her novels not solely entertained but additionally supplied solace and inspiration, making her a cherished companion to readers world wide,” the assertion on her web site learn.
“Lisa was a sort and delicate soul, whose brilliance, creativity, resilience and empathy, illuminated the lives of her household, pals and followers alike,” the assertion later learn.
“She will probably be remembered for her imaginative spirit, her pioneering function in supernatural fiction and her generosity, heat and coronary heart, each on and off the web page.”
She is survived by Divola and different members of the family.
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