Author of "The Vampire Diaries" Lisa Jane Smith has died after battling an autoimmune disease
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American writer Lisa Jane Smith, known for the series of books "The Vampire Diaries", has died at the age of 66 after a 10-year battle with an autoimmune disease. Her books became the basis for the popular series.
The writer's health deteriorated in the last 10 years. Lisa Jane Smith died in California.
UNN reports with reference to the BBC and NYT.
Details
Information about the death of writer Lisa Jane Smith, initially, without reference to the source, appeared in the profile publication Locus.
Later, Smith's partner Julie Divola and sister Judy Clifford confirmed to the New York Times the death of the writer, which occurred on March 8. For the past 10 years, Smith suffered from a progressive rare autoimmune disease. The writer died in Walnut Creek, California, USA.
Lisa Jane Smith was born in 1958 in Florida; grew up in California, where she studied psychology. Initially, L. J. Smith worked as a kindergarten teacher. Her first published novel by Smith was "Night of the Solstice" - a fantasy that she began writing in high school.
Smith gained the greatest popularity thanks to the series of books "The Vampire Diaries", which became the basis for the series of the same name.
Lisa Jane Smith published an original series of four books about a love triangle involving two vampire brothers and an orphaned girl in 1991 and 92. The writer released another trilogy "The Vampire Diaries" in 2009-2011.
Although publishers removed her from her own book series and replaced her with new authors, Smith continued to release new parts unofficially, as fan fiction.
The official books were adapted for television in 2009. Eight years later, the show became a favorite among teenagers, the BBC recalls.
In total, the writer has released more than 20 works for children and teenagers, selling millions of copies of her books.
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