The American writer Lisa Jane Smith died

In the US, writer Lisa Jane Smith followed life

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In California (USA), an American writer and author of the Vampire Diaries Jane Smith died on March 8. She was 66 years old.

About it reports The New York Times.

Her partner Julie Divyola and Sister Judy Clifford reported that Smith had died in hospital. She has fought for a rare autoimmune disease for ten years.

Lisa Jane Smith was born on September 4, 1958 in Florida.

Her father was a defender of Klexon’s football team. Subsequently, he became an engineer and partner of a company that made metal connecting plates. He died in 2017. The writer’s mother was Pan American Airways and a teacher. It was not in 2007.

Smith often said that the idea of ​​becoming a writer appeared as a child when « the teacher praised the terrible poem I wrote. »

According to the sister, her imagination was ignited by many things, including her father’s nebulika.

Smith won the bachelor of arts on experimental psychology at the University of California at Santa Barbar in 1982 and worked in the field of education for several years.

What works Lisa Jane Smith have gained popularity among readers?

For her creative career, Lisa Jane Smith managed to publish more than two dozen books, and before her death she graduated from work on three unpublished books.

The author gained popularity thanks to her bestseller « Vampire Diaries », which was published in 1991. Subsequently, on the basis of books, 8 seasons of the series, which were released on the CW Network, were filmed.

Her books, including Vampire Diaries and Night World, were included in the best -seller list of The New York Times and were nominated for 5 awards.

In addition to the Vampire Diary, Smith wrote three more popular youth works: Night World, Dark Visions and Secret Circle. Based on the latter, they also removed one season of the series.

Lisa always took a laptop when she got to hospitals. Her agent John Silberssak said that before his death, the writer had time to write two books that complete the Night World series, as well as an adult novel « Lullaby » about the post -apocalyptic world.

« She was very ill but, despite the difficulties and pain, continued to write hard. Lisa wanted to do everything right, to be perfect, » – Silbersak told.

Earlier we toldthat in August 2024 the English children’s writer Jeremy Strong died.