Author L.J. Smith, who created the "Vampire Diaries" book series that inspired the CW ... both on and off the page. Smith, who was born in Florida in September 1958,, wrote several young-adult ...

Lisa Jane Smith "L.J. Smith," the author of the Vampire Diaries book series, died on Saturday ... both on and off the page." The novelist's former agent, John Silbersack, told the New York ...