L.J. Smith, the author of The Vampire Diaries novels, died at 66 on March 8 in Walnut Creek, Calif. Her partner, Julie Divola, told The New York Times that Smith died in a hospital after struggling ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Vampires, mythical creatures that subsists on blood, have loomed large in literature. While Bram Stoker's ...

Read enough vampire books, and you might think you’ll encounter a real one someday. While “Twilight” may have sparked a vampire craze in publishing, our fascination with the creatures appears to be as ...

It’s been nearly half a century since “Interview with the Vampire” was published, leaving its mark on popular culture. Penned by the late Anne Rice, the book became the first of the “Vampire ...

Even if a third season of Interview With the Vampire exploring The Vampire Lestat were to not come to fruition, AMC is still expanding its Immortal Universe based on Rice’s works. As Jones noted, ...

Rice, who died Dec. 11, grew up in New Orleans and hit it big in 1976 with her first novel, Interview with the Vampire. She followed up with more than a dozen novels. Originally broadcast in 1990.

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 Divola and her sister Judy Clifford told The New York ...