Vampire Diaries author L.J. Smith, who passed away last month, left a lasting impact on the worlds of vampire and young adult ...

Vampire stories have existed for over a century, with various mediums covering various icons of undead bloodsucking. Whether ...

However, Smith's remained the most prominent name on the book covers as the series creator. The author said the situation left her feeling "trashed" and "mutilated". However, she went some way to ...

Fans took to her online works over some of the later Vampire Diaries books, which were ghostwritten but still had Smith's name on the cover, and she became a symbol for authors who have reclaimed ...

The CW’s “Vampire Diaries,” riding off of pop culture’s vampire obsession reignited by Stephenie Meyer‘s “Twilight” series and film adaptations, aired from 2009 to 2017.