The New York Times bestselling author released the first three books in the Vampire Diaries series in 1991: The Awakening, The Struggle, and The Fury. The fourth book, Dark Reunio

Author LJ Smith, whose best-selling Vampire Diaries novels were turned into a hit TV show, has died at the age of 66. Lisa Jane Smith published the original four-book series, about a love triangle involving two vampire brothers and an orphaned young woman,

Referring to a New York Times report, Deadline stated that the bestselling author died on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif, after suffering the effects