‘Vampire Diaries’ Writer LJ Smith Passes Away At 66 | Individuals Information

Washington: Writer LJ Smith, whose bestselling novel sequence, ‘Vampire Diaries’, have been tailored for successful TV present of the identical identify, handed away on the age of 66, reported Deadline.

Referring to a New York Occasions report, Deadline said that the bestselling writer died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif, after struggling the results of a uncommon autoimmune illness for a decade.

A press release on the writer’s web site stated she died “peacefully” after a “lengthy bout” of sickness. It additionally described the writer as an individual with a “type and mild” soul whose brilliance, creativity and resilience helped enhance the lives of her household, buddies and followers.

It said, “Lisa was a form and mild soul whose brilliance, creativity, resilience and empathy illuminated the lives of her household, buddies 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.”

Smith revealed the unique four-book sequence, about two vampire brothers and an orphaned younger lady, in 1991 and 1992, earlier than they have been become successful TV present that debuted in 2009. She wrote one other trilogy in 2009-11.

The TV present Vampire Diaries starred Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder within the lead roles.

In keeping with Deadline, the present ran for eight years and received 30 Teen Selection Awards, together with six consecutive wins for Nina Dobrev, who performed Elena for six seasons. Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder starred as brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore.

Smith additionally wrote a sequence of Night time World novels that featured vampire tales. 9 books on this sequence have been revealed between 1996 and 1998. Darkish Visions and The Forbidden Sport have been the opposite trilogies that the writer wrote, reported Deadline.

Her trilogy The Secret Circle was revealed in 1992 and tailored right into a TV drama in 2011.

In keeping with the writer’s web site, the writer is survived by her devoted long-time good friend, Julie Divola; her beloved youthful sister, Judy Clifford; Judy’s youngsters, Lauren Clifford and Brian Clifford; Brian’s spouse, Taylor Acampora; and Lauren’s son, Wyatt Nicholson.