Virginia C. Andrews
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Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews was an American author. She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, and died of breast cancer at the age of 63.
Andrews' novels combine Gothic horror and family saga, revolving around family secrets and forbidden love (frequently involving themes of consensual incest, most often between siblings), and they often include a rags-to-riches story. Her most well-known novel is the infamous bestseller Flowers in the Attic (1979), a tale of four children locked in the attic of one a wealthy Virginia family by their estranged religious grandmother for four years.
Her novels were so successful that after her death her estate hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to write more stories to be published under her name.
Her novels have been translated into French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, Greek, Finnish, Swedish and Hebrew.
[edit] Novels
Andrews' work is grouped into series of five books each. For the first five series, several common elements are evident. The first few books are about the main character, who is commonly a girl. The fourth is about that character's child or another family member, and the last is a prequel about their mother or grandmother, explaining how the events of the first book arose.
After the Logan series ended, Neiderman decided to try something different with the Orphans miniseries, and since then all the series that have come after no longer follow this formula.
[edit] The Dollanganger series
- Flowers in the Attic (1979)
- Petals on the Wind (1980)
- If There Be Thorns (1981)
- Seeds of Yesterday (1984)
- Garden of Shadows (1986) (started by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)
[edit] The Casteel series
- Heaven (1985)
- Dark Angel (1986)
- Fallen Hearts (1988) (started by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)
- Gates of Paradise (1989) (started by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)
- Web of Dreams (1990) (started by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)
[edit] The Cutler series
- Dawn (1990) (started by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)
- Secrets of the Morning (1991) (starting with this book, Neiderman wrote all the books hereafter on his own)
- Twilight's Child (1992)
- Midnight Whispers (1992)
- Darkest Hour (1993)
[edit] The Landry series
- Ruby (1994)
- Pearl in the Mist (1994)
- All That Glitters (1995)
- Hidden Jewel (1995)
- Tarnished Gold (1996)
[edit] The Logan series
- Melody (1996)
- Heart Song (1997)
- Unfinished Symphony (1997)
- Music in the Night (1998)
- Olivia (1999)
[edit] The Orphans series
- Butterfly (1998)
- Crystal (1998)
- Brooke (1998)
- Raven (1998)
- Runaways (1998)
- Orphans (2000) (omnibus)
[edit] The Wildflowers series
- Misty (1999)
- Star (1999)
- Jade (1999)
- Cat (1999)
- Into the Garden (1999)
- The Wildflowers (2001) (omnibus)
[edit] The Hudson series
- Rain (2000)
- Lightning Strikes (2000)
- Eye of the Storm (2000)
- The End of the Rainbow (2001)
- Gathering Storm (TBA, to be contained with the Rain movie DVD, presumably in summer 2007)
[edit] The Shooting Stars series
- Cinnamon (2001)
- Ice (2001)
- Rose (2001)
- Honey (2001)
- Falling Stars (2001)
- Shooting Stars (2002) (omnibus)
[edit] The DeBeers Series
- Willow (2002)
- Wicked Forest (2002)
- Twisted Roots (2002)
- Into the Woods (2003)
- Hidden Leaves (2003) [includes the printed version of e-book Dark Seed (2001)]
[edit] The Broken Wing series
- Broken Wings (2003)
- Midnight Flight (2003)
[edit] The Gemini series
- Celeste (2004)
- Black Cat (2004)
- Child of Darkness (2005)
[edit] The Shadows series
- April Shadows (2005)
- Girl in the Shadows (2006)
[edit] Early Spring series
- Broken Flower (Sept. 19, 2006)
- Scattered Leaves (Feb 27, 2007)
[edit] Short stories and novels
- My Sweet Audrina (by Andrews, 1982)
- Cage of Love (2001)
- The Little Psychic (2001)
- Gods of Green Mountain (2004)gl:Virginia C. Andrews
