About the Author Lisa Jane Smith is the author of more than twenty books for young adults, including the bestselling Night World and Vampire Diaries series (now a hit-series on ITV2). She lives in Northern California, in a rambling house in a small town. Lisa knew that she wanted to be a writer since she was about six, when a teacher praised a poem she'd written. She wrote her first book in high school, finishing it in her first year of college. Then she became a special education teacher before she was able to become a writer full-time. Titles in This Set * The AND The Struggle Bks. 1 & 2 (The Vampire Diaries) * The AND The Reunion v. 3 & 4 (The Vampire Diaries) * Shadow Souls Bk. 5 (The Vampire Diaries) * Nightfall Bk. 6 (The Vampire Diaries)