LJ Smith, the writer whose bestselling Vampire Diaries novels had been tailored into successful TV present, has died aged 66.
The New York Instances stories that the bestselling writer died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif, after struggling results of a uncommon autoimmune illness for a decade.
A press release on Smith’s web site mentioned: “Lisa was a sort and mild soul, whose brilliance, creativity, resilience and empathy, illuminated the lives of her household, mates and followers alike.
“She will likely be remembered for her imaginative spirit, her pioneering position in supernatural fiction, and her generosity, heat and coronary heart, each on and off the web page.”
(Lisa Jane) Smith revealed the unique four-book collection, about two vampire brothers and an orphaned younger girl, in 1991 and 1992, earlier than they had been changed into successful TV present that debuted in 2009. She wrote one other trilogy in 2009-11.
BBC Information stories that in 2011 Smith was dropped by her publishers, who owned the rights to the collection, and commissioned different writers to proceed. However later the collection was added to an Amazon Kindle scheme, which gave anybody the precise to publish fan fiction, and he or she continued to create new instalments for the characters she had created.
The Vampire Diaries TV present ran for eight years and gained 30 Teen Alternative Awards, together with six consecutive wins for Nina Dobrev who performed Elena for six seasons. Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder additionally starred as brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore.
Smith additionally wrote a collection of Evening World novels, additionally that includes vampires. 9 books on this collection had been revealed between 1996 and 1998. Darkish Visions and The Forbidden Sport had been different trilogies she penned.
Her trilogy The Secret Circle was revealed in 1992 and tailored right into a TV drama in 2011.
