Lisa Jane Smith, known as LJ Smith’s author, died on Saturday, March 8, 2025 at the age of 66. Creator of the Vampire Diaries universe, long before the saga became a successful series, she left many grieving fans.
It’s on the official site for LJ Smith That the sad news fell. The billology released this Wednesday, March 26, announces the author’s death at the age of 66, on March 8, on a long battle against the disease.
Without revealing the smallest detail about the official cause of death, we learn that Lisa Jane Smith would be dead peacefully. If her name may not tell you much, however, she is known to have given life to a literary saga whose adaptation in series TV was a real success: vampable diaries.
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The series, released by CW between 2009 and 2017, had been inspired by the first six volumes published in the original language between 1991 and 1992.
The series was interrupted seventeen years in the original language, which means that there were no new novels during this period, with the exception of translations of the first volumes released in French in the early 2000s. After the resumption, Hachette Jeunesse issued the first four volumes by bringing them together with two and thus changing the ordering of books. It was not until 2009 when the series arrived on a small screen that the literary package of Adventures of Elena, Stefan and Damon continued with nine volumes that were released until 2014.
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A productive author
Besides Vampire DiariesLJ Smith wrote Night World, The Secret Circle (which has also been the subject of a short -term TV series -adaptation on CW), Dark Visions and the Forbidden Game.
“Her novels were not satisfied to entertain, but also offered comfort and inspiration, which made her a companion appreciated by readers all over the world. Lisa was a friendly and gentle soul, including the brilliance, creativity, resistance and empathy illuminated the life of her family, friends and fans. We will remember her for her imaginative mind, her bay
The necrological press release ended with a quote from the author: “Nothing really dies as long as we don’t forget it.” ”
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In 2015, LJ Smith was admitted to the hospital for two months and placed under respirators due to granulomatosis with unmatched polypingitis. At that time, his kidneys, his heart, his liver and the gallbladder had been severely damaged. We do not know if these diseases are associated.
