Virginia C. Andrews

Cleo Virginia Andrews (6 June 1923 – 19 December 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews is an American author. Most of her novels are Gothic horrors and family sagas, usually consisting of a series of five books, where the last book is a prequel explaining much of the events of the series. Most of her stories evolve around family secrets and forbidden love, and they often include a rags-to-riches story. Her novels are translated in many foreign languages including: French, Italian, German, Spanish, Japanese, Turkish, and Hebrew.

She died of breast cancer.

Her novels were so successful that after her death her estate hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to write more stories that were published under her name. Fans usually agree that Andrews' original work is better than Neiderman's novels, although Neiderman's stories are said to be based on Andrews' original ideas.

Novels by V. C. Andrews (and Andrew Neiderman)

• 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 (1987)
• My Sweet Audrina (1982) (stand-alone novel)
• The Casteel series: Heaven (1985), Dark Angel (1986), Fallen Hearts (1988), Gates of Paradise (1989), Web of Dreams (1990)
• The Cutler series: Dawn (1990), Secrets of the Morning (1991), Twilight's Child (1992), Midnight Whispers (1992), Darkest Hour (1993)
• The Landry series: Ruby (1994), Pearl in the Mist (1994), All That Glitters (1995), Hidden Jewel (1995), Tarnished Gold (1996)
• The Logan series: Melody (1996), Heart Song (1997), Unfinished Symphony (1997), Music in the Night (1998), Olivia (1999)
• The Orphans series: Butterfly (1998), Crystal (1998), Brooke (1998), Raven (1998), Runaways (1998), Orphans (2000) (omnibus)
• The Wildflowers series: Misty (1999), Star (1999), Jade (1999), Cat (1999), Into the Garden (1999), The Wildflowers (2001) (omnibus)
• The Hudson series: Rain (2000), Lightning Strikes (2000), Eye of the Storm (2000), The End of the Rainbow (2001)
• The Shooting Stars series: Cinnamon (2001), Ice (2001), Rose (2001), Honey (2001), Falling Stars (2001), Shooting Stars (2002) (omnibus)
• 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)]
• The Broken Wing series: Broken Wings (2003), Midnight Flight (2003)
• The Gemini series: Celeste (2004), Black Cat (2004), Child of Darkness (2005)
• April Shadows (2005)
• Short stories and novels: Cage of Love (2001), The Little Psychic (2001), Gods of Green Mountain (2004)