Vampire Academy Series From Julie Plec Ordered at Peacock Peacock has given a straight to series 10-episode order for Vampire Academy from Universal Television and executive producer Julie Plec ( The Vampire Diaries, The Originals). Plec is adapting the series — a story of romance, friendship, death, sex, and scandal — with longtime collaborator Marguerite MacIntyre, who will also serve as executive producer and co-showrunner. Vampire Academy is based on a series of young adult paranormal romance novels by international bestselling author Richelle Mead. In a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society. This serialized and sexy drama combines the elegance of aristocratic romance and the supernatural thrills of the vampire genre.