WRITER

L. J. Smith

1965 - Today

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Lisa Jane Smith is an American author of young adult fiction best known for her best-selling series The Vampire Diaries, which has been turned into a successful television show. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of L. J. Smith has received more than 111,055 page views. Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. L. J. Smith is the 5,599th most popular writer (down from 4,833rd in 2019), the 8,427th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,089th in 2019) and the 650th most popular American Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.66

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.79

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Witchlight
Love, Fiction, Horror stories
1998
Who's who in Boswell?
Biography, Biography as a literary form, Friends and associates
1935
Dark angel
Horror stories, Angels, Fiction
1996
Fury
Fiction, Vampires, Brothers
Presents the first two volumes in the Vampire Diaries series, in which popular and beautiful high school senior Elena finds herself torn between two vampire brothers, the dark and brooding Stefan who wants to protect her from the horrors of his past and the dangerously attractive Damon, who is determined to use her to get revenge on his brother.
1991
A-level geography
Examinations, questions, Geography, Designed / suitable for A & AS Level
1982
Instructional design
Instructional systems, Design, Educational resources & technology
1993

Among WRITERS

Among writers, L. J. Smith ranks 5,599 out of 7,302. Before her are J. Slauerhoff, Marilyn Ferguson, Otokar Březina, Cassandra Fedele, Ha Jin, and Whittaker Chambers. After her are James C. Collins, Mark Haddon, Domiziana Giordano, Rıfat Ilgaz, Judith Krantz, and Marie Kondo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1965, L. J. Smith ranks 290. Before her are Sadie Frost, Mia Zapata, Ramdev, Jami Gertz, Pat Cash, and Samvel Babayan. After her are Jeremy Piven, Yutaka Ozaki, Dmytro Firtash, Maura Tierney, Antonio Saca, and Alexandra Vandernoot.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, L. J. Smith ranks 8,427 out of 20,380. Before her are David M. Brown (1956), Annette Rogers (1913), Jack Sholder (1945), Whittaker Chambers (1901), Debi Mazar (1964), and David Paymer (1954). After her are James C. Collins (1958), William Alston (1921), Benjamin Smith Barton (1766), Justin Bartha (1978), Mayo Methot (1904), and George Pataki (1945).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, L. J. Smith ranks 650. Before her are Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), Barbara Ehrenreich (1941), Steven Millhauser (1943), Madeleine L'Engle (1918), Marilyn Ferguson (1938), and Whittaker Chambers (1901). After her are James C. Collins (1958), Judith Krantz (1928), Howard Ashman (1950), Lin Carter (1930), David Benioff (1970), and Max Eastman (1883).

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