L.J. Smith writes young adult supernatural romance and fantasy, best known for The Vampire Diaries. The series begins with Elena Gilbert and the vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore, turning high-school relationships in the town of Fell's Church into conflicts involving vampires, witches and other supernatural forces. The Secret Circle follows teenager Cassie Blake after she moves to New Salem and discovers a coven of young witches, while Night World links separate romances through a hidden society of vampires, shapeshifters and witches. Smith's books are quick, dramatic and strongly relationship-led, with secret identities and supernatural rivalries carrying the plot. They sit within YA paranormal romance, vampire fiction and witch fantasy, and share readership with writers such as P.C. The Vampire Diaries and The Secret Circle make Smith most relevant to readers searching for YA vampire fiction, witch fantasy and relationship-led supernatural series from the period before paranormal romance became a dominant YA category. Read more Less