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L.J. Smith, the author of The Vampire Diaries novels, died at 66 on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif. Her partner, Julie Divola, told The New York Times that Smith died in a hospital after struggling ...

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 ...

The novels were adapted into a hit CW show of the same name starring Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder, Paul Wesley and more L.J. Smith, the author of The Vampire Diaries novels, died at 66 on March 8 in ...

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, ...

L.J. Smith author of the bestselling book The Vampire Diaries, died on March 8 at age 66 in Walnut Creek, California. Her partner, Julie Divola, confirmed to The New York Times that Smith had been ...

L.J. Smith, who wrote "The Vampire Diaries" novels, died on March 8 after a decade-long battle with a rare autoimmune disease, her partner Julie Divola and her sister Judy Clifford told The New York ...