Pilot (The Vampire Diaries)
"Pilot" is the pilot episode of The CW television series, "The Vampire Diaries", as well as the first episode of the series. It originally aired on Thursday, September 10, 2009. The teleplay was written by Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec and it directed by Marcos Siega.
L. J. Smith (author)
"The Vampire Diaries" series was commissioned by Elise Donner, editor of "Alloy Entertainment" in 1990: Smith immediately wrote the scene when Elena, Bonnie and Meredith are decorating the gym and the heroine meets Damon (scene later included in the first novel), while, as for the other characters, she adapted those of "The Garden of Earthly Delights", an adult book she was writing. She chose the setting of "The Vampire Diaries" in Virginia because she has family there and was inspired by the small towns and lifestyles.