L.J. Smith
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About L.J. Smith
L.J. Smith has been writing books for Young Adults since the 1980s.
From the back of The Return: Nightfall:
L.J. Smith has written more than two dozen books for children and Young Adults. She lives in the Bay Area of California, but is happiest in a little cabin near Point Reyes National Park, which has lots of trees, lots of beaches to walk on, and lots of places to hike. Please visit www.ljanesmith.net for new stories about old characters, and even sneak peeks of upcoming books.
The Missing Years
Due to various personal reasons (including cancer in the family and, more recently, the tragic loss of her mother), L.J. Smith disappeared from the writing world back in 1998, leaving the last book in the Night World series, Strange Fate, unfinished. Happily, she returned at the beginning of 2008 with a new website, some short stories, and Strange Fate in the works, along with a new Vampire Diaries trilogy.
Ljane Smith
As an experiment to distinguish herself from all the other L.J. Smiths out there (primarily a stairlift company and a football player on google, and many others in the world in general), Ms. Smith decided to try calling herself Ljane to see how it worked out. It didn't seem to catch on with a lot of fans, though many are now using it on the internet. She gave up on the name in her Amazon blog in August of 2008.[1]
L.J. Smith's Books
The Fantasy Duology
- The Night of the Solstice
- Heart of Valor
The Vampire Diaries
The Vampire Diaries were written in 1991, which works out at nearly 15 years before Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight Saga was written.
The Original Trilogy
The Return Trilogy
- Nightfall
- Shadow Souls not yet published
- Midnight not yet published
Short Stories
- Matt & Elena: First Date
- Bonnie & Damon: After Hours
- Blood Will Tell
Note: The short stories have been removed due to L.J. Smith's publishers showing an interest in publishing an anthology of short Vampire Diaries stories.
The Secret Circle
- The Initiation
- The Captive
- The Power
The Forbidden Game
- The Hunter
- The Chase
- The Kill
Dark Visions
- The Strange Power
- The Possessed
- The Passion
The Night World
The Books
- Secret Vampire
- Daughters of Darkness
- Spellbinder/Enchantress
- Dark Angel
- The Chosen
- Soulmate
- Huntress
- Black Dawn
- Witchlight
- Strange Fate not yet published
Short Stories
- Thicker Than Water
- Brionwy's Lullaby
- Ash & Mary-Lynnette: Those Who Favor Fire
- Jez and Morgead's Night Out
Links
- L.J. Smith's Website, Blog, Facebook, MySpace
- Night World: Circle Daybreak
- The Devil's Playground: L.J. Smith Discussion Forum
