We earn a commission for products purchased through some links in this article. The Vampire Diaries creator announces new vampire TV show Get ready to enrol at Vampire Academy. The Vampire Diaries has been off our screens for four years but its legacy has continued with The Vampire Diaries and Vampire Academy, with Deadline reporting that streaming service Peacock has ordered a ten-episode adaptation of the story. Plec will write and executive produce the show and will also act as showrunner alongside Universal Television's Marguerite MacIntyre, who has previously worked on both The Originals and Six-part novel series Vampire Academy, by author Richelle Mead, follows dhamphir teen Rose Hathaway as she trains to be a guardian to her best friend, Lissa Dragomir. While attending St Vladimir's Academy, Rose gets caught up in a forbidden romance with her instructor, Dimitri Belikov, while also dealing with her unbreakable bond with Lissa.