The author LJ Smith, who created the series of books “Vampire Diaries” which inspired the CW drama of the same name and contributed to the obsession with pop culture for vampires, died.
Smith died on March 8 in a hospital in Walnut Creek, California, Times confirmed. A statement Shared with the Smith website indicates that she died “peacefully” after “a long fight with the disease”. The partner of the author Julie Divivola and the sister Judy Clifford confirmed the New York Times Smith, a resident in Danville, California, died “after undergoing the cascade effects of an autoimmune disease for a decade” on Wednesday on Wednesday. She was 66 years old.
“Lisa was a kind and gentle soul, including the brilliance, creativity, resilience and empathy, enlightened the life of her family, friends and fans,” said the announcement on Smith's website. “We will remember him for his imaginative spirit, his pioneer role in supernatural fiction, and his generosity, his warmth and his heart, on and out of the page.
Smith, born in Florida in September 1958, wrote several series of books for young adults including “Night World” and “The Secret Circle”, but was best known for creating the novels “Vampire Diaries”. Smith's inaugural entries for the fantastic series laid the basics of CW adaptation of the same name by producers Julie Plec and Kevin Williamson.
The cw's “Vampire Diaries,” Riding off of Pop Culture’s Vampire Obsession Reignited by Stephenie Meyer's “Twilight” Series and Film Adaptations, Aired from 2009 to 2017. “Vampire Diaries” Starred Nina Dobrev as Teenager Elena Gilbert, Who Finds Herself in a love Triangle Between Vampire Salvatore (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley) while sailing in the less legendary horrors of the school and leaving his past.
Smith grew up in southern California and started writing like a child. She published her first fantastic novel, “The Night of the Solstice” in 1987, according to her website, and attracted the attention of a publisher at Alloy Entertainment. Alloy signed Smith to start his series of books “Vampire Diaries”, according to Nyt. She published the first four books “Vampire Diaries” from 1991 to 1992. Alloy hired Smith on an employment contract for rental – which means that she did not have the rights to her characters – but she did not realize it at the time, the Wall Street Journal reported in 2014.
Years after entering the literary scene, Smith took an interruption of writing to deal with family issues, including the death of his mother. She returned to the world of “Vampire Diaries” in 2007 in the middle of the success of the Vampire franchise in Meyer. She concluded another agreement with Alloy to collect the more “vampire Diaries” books, published in 2009 and 2010. Shortly after, Smith separated from HarperCollins (which bought the series of books “Vampire Diaries”) and alloy, apparently on creative differences.
Despite this, Alloy hired a Ghostwriter to write new novels and complete the “Vampire Diaries” series. “I didn't know they could take the series to me,” Smith told WSJ in 2014. “My heart was broken.”
Although Smith focuses on other work after the benefits with Alloy and HarperCollins, she finally picked up “Vampire Diaries” where she had stopped – writing history through fan fiction. In the Kindle World's fan-fiction publication platform, now missing from Amazon, Smith has recovered his beloved characters from informal “Vampire Diaries”.
Smith's writing portfolio also included news that she published on her website. More recently, she finished the last books in her series “Night World” and “Strange Fate” and the adult book “Lullaby”, according to her website. In an entry into his FAQ, Smith says: “I have not chosen or decided” to become a writer.
“I have been a storyteller since I learned to read or write,” she said. “I knew from my early childhood – the first things I remember – that I would only be happy as a storyteller.”
Smith is also survived by his sister Judy Clifford; his niece Lauren Clifford and the son of Lauren Wyatt; And his nephew Brian Clifford and his wife, Taylor Acampora.
