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. Smith is secretive about her age, but multiple sources list her birthdate as Septemin Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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