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Creator: L.J. Smith
aka: Lisa Jane Smith
Lisa Jane Smith (usually known as L.J. Smith) is a popular American author of young-adult fiction that combines horror, fantasy and supernatural romance genres. Best known for The Vampire Diaries, she went on a ten year hiatus from writing in 1998 due to illness, leaving her latest series, The Night World, incomplete, though it is now scheduled for release in (hopefully) 2014.Since 2007, L.J. Smith has had her books reissued, starting with The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle. A new trilogy based on The Vampire Diaries was published in 2009, and her website
has several short stories that contain characters and settings from her published work.Her works include:The Vampire Diaries:
has several short stories that contain characters and settings from her published work.Her works include:The Vampire Diaries:- The Awakening
- The Struggle
- The Fury
- Dark Reunion
- The Return: Nightfall
- The Return: Shadow Souls
- The Return: Midnight
- The Initiation
- The Captive
- The Struggle
- The Hunter
- The Chase
- The Kill
- The Strange Power
- The Possessed
- The Passion
- Secret Vampire
- Daughters of Darkness
- Spellbinder
- Dark Angel
- The Chosen
- Soulmate
- Huntress
- Black Dawn
- Witchlight
- Strange Fate (TBA)
The Vampire Diaries, The Forbidden Game, Dark Visions, and Night World have their own pages. The rest of Smith's work provide examples of:
- Color-Coded for Your Convenience: An common theme in her books involves Blondes portrayed as Pure and Angelic in contrast to Brunettes who are Bad or more Mischievous.
- Dark Action Girl: Faye
- Love Triangle: She has yet to write a trilogy that doesn't somehow involve her female protagonist being torn between a Knight in Shining Armor and a Bad Boy.
- Shrinking Violet: Cassie, prior to her Character Development.