The novels were adapted on a homonymous television series between 2009 and 2017.
LJ Smithauthor of the books of “The Vampire Diaries” They were adapted to a television series on The CW, died on March 8 at the age of 66.
Smith’s couple, Julie Divola, and her sister, Judy Clifford, confirmed the death of The New York Times. Smith suffered a long autoimmune disease and He died in Walnut Creek, California.
Smith was born on September 4, 1958, like Lisa Jane Smith, in Florida and grew up in California. He studied experimental psychology at the University of California, Santa Bárbara, and initially worked as a special education teacher and kindergarten.
The first novel published by Smith was “The night of the solstice”a fantasy book that began in the institute. This led her to sign a contract with Alloy Entertainment to write “The Vampire Diaries.” The series began with three books published in 1991, followed by the room in 1992.
Success and problem with The Vampire Diaries
The television adaptation debuted in 2009 and continued until 2017. Nina Dobrev He played Elena Gilbert, who attracts the attention of the Damon Salvatore vampires (Ian Somerhalder) and Stefan Salvatore (Paul Wesley).
Although Smith had only received a small advance for the first books of the series “The Vampire Diaries”, signed another contract with Alloy Entertainment in the 2000s to expand it with a trilogy. It was fired in 2011, and the rest of the series was written by a ghost writer.
Later, Smith resorted to fanfiction writing of the world of “Vampire Diaries” to deepen what he had already built. Divola told The New York Times that Smith felt “very hurt and outraged” when a ghost writer took over the series.
Smith also wrote the series for young adults “Dark visions” and “Night world”as well as “The secret circle” (The basis of another CW adaptation, although short duration). The writer also finished a novel entitled “Lullaby” And two more books from “Night world” Before his death.
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