Lisa Jane Smith is the author of 24 books for young adults.

She has writen Night World, Dark Visions, and The Forbidden Game series.

Since childhood she has been fascinated by the night and the way the ordinary world changes in the moonlight.

Many of her books are about the mysterious things that happen after darkness falls.

She lives in the bay area of Northern Califorina, in a rambling house in a small town.

On warm summer nights she watches the stars while deer feed on the hill around her.

Enjoys writing about strong female charaters and encouraging girls to read, write, and reach for their dreams.

A former teacher.

Dreams and nightmares have always fascinated her, and many of her books are based on her own dreams.

She injoys computers, mytholgy, walking in the woods at night, and animals.

She gets some of her best ideas sitting under the stars.

She looks toward the millennium and wonders what the future will bring.

She started writing in elementary school and has never been able to break the habit.

She wrote her first published book while attending collage at the University of Califorina at Santa Barbara, after which she went to teach puplic school for several years.

She still encourage young writers to express themselves. While she claims of on psychic powers, she is firmly convinced that street lights go off at night when she passes.

She likes writing about supernatural because it's a great forum for battle between good and evil.

Check out a interview with LJ Smith