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 ...

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 ...

LJ Smith: an unfavourable early contract meant she reaped little reward from her series’ television success - Julie Divola ​L J Smith, who has died aged 66, was the author of The ...

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 ...

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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 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 website ...

The official website’s statement reads, “Lisa was a kind and gentle soul, whose brilliance, creativity, resilience and empathy, illuminated the lives of her family, friends and fans alike. She will be ...