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. As of 2016, Night World has still been unfinished. Amazon states Strange Fate to have a release date of 'Unavailable'.
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:
- The Awakening
- The Struggle
- The Fury
- Dark Reunion
- The Return: Nightfall
- The Return: Shadow Souls
- The Return: Midnight
The Secret Circle:
- The Initiation
- The Captive
- The Struggle
The Forbidden Game:
- The Hunter
- The Chase
- The Kill
Dark Visions:
- The Strange Power
- The Possessed
- The Passion
Night World:
- Secret Vampire
- Daughters of Darkness
- Spellbinder
- Dark Angel
- The Chosen
- Soulmate
- Huntress
- Black Dawn
- Witchlight
- Strange Fate (TBA)