Smith was fired by Alloy Entertainment Inc. Ash and Mary-Lynnette: Those Who Favor Fire.Matt and Elena - Tenth Date: On Wickery Pond.She was also replaced on The Secret Circle series, by ghostwriter Aubrey Clark. Subsequent Vampire Diaries installments have also been ghostwritten. Smith submitted a draft of the next installment ( The Hunters: Phantom), but after a dispute regarding a pivotal plot twist, her involvement was terminated by the publisher and the episode was revised by a ghostwriter. The final volume of The Vampire Diaries written entirely by Smith ( The Return: Midnight) was released in March 2011. The series was later adapted into a TV series ( The Vampire Diaries) in 2009, as well as The Secret Circle, which became a TV series of the same name in 2011. Three new Vampire Diaries installments were published in 20. The Night of the Solstice and Heart of Valor were also reissued in 2008. The Vampire Diaries series was reissued in 2007, followed by reprintings of The Secret Circle trilogy and Night World series in 2008-2009. In 1998, Smith began a decade-long hiatus from writing, returning in 2008 with a new website and a series of new short stories. The first installment of the Night World series was published in 1996, followed by eight more over the next two years. Three trilogies followed: The Secret Circle (1992), The Forbidden Game (1994) and Dark Visions (1995). The Vampire Diaries series was commissioned by Elise Donner, editor of Alloy Entertainment in 1990: Smith immediately wrote the scene when Elena, Bonnie and Meredith are decorating the gym and the heroine meets Damon (scene later included in the first novel), while, as for the other characters, she adapted those of The Garden of Earthly Delights, an adult book she was writing. They sold poorly, as they were labeled for 9 to 11-year-olds and not for young adults, as Smith wanted. Her first book, The Night of the Solstice, written during high school and college, was published by MacMillan in 1987, followed by Heart of Valor in 1990. Smith has said that she realized she wanted to be a writer sometime between kindergarten and first grade, "when a teacher praised a horrible poem I'd written", and she began writing in earnest in elementary school. Smith began her career as an elementary school teacher, but left after 3 years to pursue writing. She attended Mills College for one year, then the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she graduated with degrees in English and Physiological Psychology.Īt the University of San Francisco she obtained a Masters Degree in Education and Regular and Special Education. She was raised in Anaheim, California, where she attended Juliette Low Elementary School and Serrano Elementary, followed by Cerro Villa Junior High School and Villa Park High School.īefore going to college, she moved to Goring-on-Thames, United Kingdom. Her favorite people are her readers, each of whom she cherishes with deep and lasting affection.Smith is secretive about her age, but multiple sources list her birthdate as Septemin Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The two countries she loves to visit most are Great Britain, with its historic monuments and amazing country landscapes, and Japan, with its bustling urban life and exquisite mountain scenery. A militant optimist, she is also part of the Velociraptor Sisterhood (a fancy way of saying that she likes to read, write and discuss books with strong female characters), and she has traveled extensively in Europe and the Far East. She also likes to collect things: angels (they remind her of her late mother), tiny boxes from different countries or of fanciful shape, nineteenth century children's literature, and books about quantum physics-especially about the mystery of the dark energy in the universe. Once, while hiking, she saw a snow-white buck which allowed her to follow it nearly half a mile. She loves to visit a friend's little cabin in the Point Reyes National Seashore area, which has lots of trees, lots of animals, lots of beaches to walk on, and lots of places to hike. She lives in the Bay Area of California, with a backyard that is full of flowers, which she adores, especially with many different shades of roses. She has written over two dozen books for children and young adults, and has enjoyed writing every one of them. SMITH, Lisa Jane Smith, is the New York Times #1 Bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle, The Forbidden Game, Dark Visions, Wildworld and Night World series. SMITH, Lisa Jane Smith, is the New York Times #1 Bestselling author of The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle, The Forbidden Game, Dark Visions, Wildworld and Night World L.J.
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