The Vampire Diaries would be incomplete without Katherine ... he had to rewind back to 1864 to tell her how he came to be. Viewers were enlightened when they saw Katherine arrive at the Salvatore ...

Author L.J. Smith, who created the “Vampire Diaries” book series that inspired the CW drama of the same name and contributed to pop culture’s obsession with vampires, has died. Smith died ...

L.J. Smith, the author of the Vampire Diaries novels as well as dozens of other young-adult fiction books, has died at the age of 66 after a years-long battle with a rare autoimmune disease.

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Just because The Vampire Diaries is over doesn’t mean the offscreen romances between costars are. Arielle Kebbel and Zach Roerig are the newest stars from the former hit CW series to confirm ...

Over the course of her career, Smith wrote more than 29 books and crafted a number of successful series, including Vampire Diaries and Night World. Smith also wrote several trilogies, including ...

The romance from The Vampire Diaries is living forever. Arielle Kebbel and Zach Roerig, who starred as vampire Lexi Branson and human boy-next-door Matt Donovan on the supernatural show ...

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 ...

The Vampire Diaries went off the air nearly a decade ago, but the soapy supernatural drama is still giving fans some juicy storylines. Roerig played series regular Matt Donovan on all eight ...

L.J. Smith, the writer of “The Vampire Diaries” books that were adapted into a television series on The CW, died March 8 at the age of 66. Smith’s partner, Julie Divola, and sister ...