Ljane Smith

L.J. (Lisa Jane or LJane) Smith is an American author. Her books are aimed at Young adult literature and combine a myriad of genres including horror, science fiction/fantasy and romance.

She has written three trilogies, one series, one quartet and two companion novels. Her books are characteristically populated with unusually beautiful people, human and supernatural; most of them young, or at least appear youthful. There is usually a dark/light, good/evil conflict, revolving around a central, ambiguous character who, while trying to seduce the heroine to the darkness, ends up being himself reborn into the light and thus becoming a hero. Sometimes this scenario is flipped, or otherwise, it is a variation upon the theme. In the Night World series, the dark/light conflict is institutionalized into a reality-altering conspiracy. The dark/light tension is further played out in romantic soulmate scenarios which drive forward the plot.

Her latest book published was "Witchlight", the ninth volume in the Night World series in 1998. The Vampire Diaries were reissued starting in 2007, and according to Smith's website, the Secret Circle trilogy and Night World novels would be reissued starting in late 2008.

Works

Companion Novels

*"The Night of the Solstice"
*"Heart of Valor"

eries(5)

*The Vampire Diaries
**"The Awakening"
**"The Struggle"
**"The Fury"
**"Dark Reunion"

Trilogies

*The Secret Circle
**"The Initiation"
**"The Captive"
**"The Power"

*The Forbidden Game
**"The Hunter"
**"The Chase"
**"The Kill"

*Dark Visions
**"The Strange Power"
**"The Possessed"
**"The Passion"

*Damon Trilogy (Not Yet Released)
**"Nightfall"
**"Shadow Souls"
**"Midnight"

eries

*Night World
**"Secret Vampire"
**"Daughters of Darkness"
**"Spellbinder/Enchantress"
**"Dark Angel"
**"The Chosen"
**"Soulmate"
**"Huntress"
**"Black Dawn"
**"Witchlight"
**"Strange Fate" (Not Yet Released)

hort Stories

*"Blood Will Tell"
*"Thicker Than Water"
*"Brionwy's Lullaby"
*"Ash & Mary-Lynnette: Those Who Favor Fire"
*"Jez and Morgead's Night Out"

External links

* [http://www.ljanesmith.net/ Ljane Smith Official Website] L. J. Smith's (Ljane Smith's) own website.
* [http://www.nightworld.net/ Night World: Circle Daybreak] Popular LJ Smith fansite. Latest news on Strange Fate.
* [http://www.ttales.net/ Twilight Tales] LJ Smith fanworks archive; includes fanfiction, poetry and artworks.
* [http://www.lj-smith.com/forum/ The Devil's Playground] Forums for YA author Lisa Jane Smith.
* [http://community.livejournal.com/ljschallenge100/] An LJ Smith fan fiction challenge.
* [http://virtuesummer1.tripod.com/into_to_LJS.html Reflections on LJ Smith] Introduction to LJ Smith.
* [http://www.lj-smith.com/ LJ-Smith.com] A collective of sites devoted to the books of L. J. Smith. Also provide hosting for LJS sites.
* [http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?L._J._Smith L.J. Smith] at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

References

* [http://www.nightworld.net/witchlight/forbiddentales.htm Forbidden Tales] An interview with novelist L.J. Smith
* [http://www.simonsays.com/content/destination.cfm?sid=33&pid=352961&agid=21 Simon & Schuster] L.J. Smith - Teaching guide at SimonSays.com
* [http://www.ljanesmith.net/index.php Ljane Smith's Official Website] Includes L.J. Smith's short stories and bio
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/blog/A8DE3NU9KGY2C L. J. Smith's Blog] Recent news on her life