Lisa Jane (L.J.) Smith

Lisa Jane Smith is one hell of a young adult writer! She realized she wanted to be a writer sometime between kindergarten and first grade. L.J Smith got her idea for her first published book whilst babysitting in high school and wrote while attending college at the University of California in Santa Barbara after which she went on to teach public school for many years. She enjoys computers, mythology, animals and walking in the woods at night. She lives in northern California with one dog, three cats and about ten thousand books. Some of her best ideas come from sitting under the stars and watching deer feed around her in the hills. Since childhood L.J Smith has been fascinated by the night and the way the ordinary world changes in moonlight

Many of her books are about the mysterious things that happen after darkness falls. Dreams and night mares have always fascinated L.J Smith. Some of her books like The Forbidden Game trilogy and the Dark Visions trilogy come from her own experiences and/or beliefs. For example, while she makes no claims of psychic powers, L.J Smith is firmly convinced that streetlights go off at night when she passes. Some of the nightmares from The Forbidden Game trilogy came from herself and friends. At times she'll stop at a particularly frightening dream and think "This is awful. I sure hope I remember it when I wake up!"

L.J Smith also enjoys writing about strong female characters and encourages girls to read, write and reach for their dreams. For people wishing to get into contact with L.J. Smith, you may use this address:

Lisa Jane Smith
c/o Archway Books
1230 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020

The Vampire Diaries books were some of L.J Smith's earliest works. The very first book in the series, The Awakening was first published in 1991 by the publisher Harper Collins. The Vampire Diaries series became a best seller and till this day, the series is being reprinted with new cover arts across the world. To find out more about L.J Smith and her books you may like to contact her publishers Simon and Schuster and Harper Collins who might be able to provide you with more information about her. Also try visiting the publishers websites. The information here has come from the backs of the books and hopefully has provided you with more of an insight into the wonderful world of Lisa Jane Smith!

Other Works:

+ The Night of the Solstice and Heart of Valor.
+ The Vampire Diaries series.
+ The Secret Circle trilogy.
+ The Forbidden Game trilogy.
+ Dark Visions trilogy.
+ Night World series.

The Night World series is the most recent series written by LJ Smith, but the last book in the series, Strange Fate, has still not been published even though it was due back in 1998.