Julie Anne Peters, a writer who pushed the ... Contest,” a book with illustrations by Cat Bowman Smith and published in 1992. The author addressed bullying and cliques in subsequent books ...

L.J. Smith author of the bestselling book The Vampire Diaries, died on March 8 at age 66 in Walnut Creek, California. Her partner, Julie Divola ... popularity of Anne Rice's vampire novels.

The Times confirmed. A statement shared to Smith’s website says she died “peacefully” after “a long bout with illness.” The author’s partner Julie Divola and sister Judy Clifford ...

Julie Divola. Divola, a tax lawyer, told The New York Times that Smith’s decision to pen fan fiction came as a result of the author feeling “very hurt and indignant” at being fired.

Fans are mourning the loss of a legendary author. L.J. Smith, who wrote "The Vampire Diaries" novels, died on March 8 after a decade-long battle with a rare autoimmune disease, her partner Julie ...

Smith’s partner, Julie Divola, and sister, Judy Clifford, confirmed the death to The New York Times. Smith had a long bout with an autoimmune disease and died in Walnut Creek, Calif. Smith was ...

By Jeré Longman L.J. Smith, an author of young adult novels best known ... She was 66. Her partner, Julie Divola, and her sister, Judy Clifford, said Ms. Smith died in a hospital after enduring ...