Question: Lindsay Parker played the role of Carrie in a 1987 film based on a book by what author?
Context: Flowers in the Attic is a 1979 Gothic novel by V. C. Andrews.  It is the first book in the Dollanganger Series, and was followed by "Petals on the Wind", "If There Be Thorns", "Seeds of Yesterday", and "Garden of Shadows".  The novel is written in the first-person, from the point of view of Cathy Dollanganger.  It was twice adapted into films in 1987 and 2014.  The book was extremely popular, selling over forty million copies world-wide. The 2000 MTV Movie Awards were hosted by Sarah Jessica Parker.  In conjunction with the success of a certain HBO Original Series at the time, the awards show presented a parody of "Sex and the City" and "The Matrix" during the program's opening.  It featured the SATC cast (Samantha Jones, Miranda Hobbes, and Charlotte York) as they listened intently as Carrie Bradshaw (Parker's character on the series) describes getting caught in the Matrix, which is shown in flashbacks and in the narration style heard usually on the TV series.  Laurence Fishburne appeared in the spoof in a creative superimposition from the film, as well as Vince Vaughn (playing the supposed "White Rabbit") and Jimmy Fallon, who played Keanu Reeves's character, Neo, from the film.  Also, it noted Parker's status as a fashion icon by appearing in no less than 15 different costumes during the duration of the awards ceremonies, even appearing in nothing but a bath towel. Lindsay Parker (born March 30, 1980 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress who got her start as Little Girl on an episode of "MacGyver".  She appeared in the film "Shocker" three years later, and played Kirstie Alley's daughter Melissa in the 1987 film "Infidelity".  She provided the voice of Corey in "Cartoon All-Stars to the Rescue" and also played Carrie in the 1987 film "Flowers in the Attic".  She remained active in acting up until 2007. Maia Luisa Brewton (born September 30, 1977) is an American former child actress who enjoyed success in the late 1980s and early 1990s.  She is best known for her role as the Mighty Thor-obsessed child Sara Anderson in the 1987 film "Adventures in Babysitting", and as Shelly the antagonistic sister of the title character on the early Fox Network show "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" from 1990 to 1993. Lindsay Ann Crouse (born May 12, 1948) is an American actress.  She made her Broadway debut in the 1972 revival of "Much Ado About Nothing" and appeared in her first film in 1976 in "All the President's Men".  For her role in the 1984 film "Places in the Heart", she received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.  Her other films include "Slap Shot" (1977), "Between the Lines" (1977), "The Verdict" (1982), "Prefontaine" (1997), and "The Insider" (1999).  She also had a leading role in the 1987 film "House of Games", which was directed by her then-husband David Mamet.  In 1996, she received a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for "Between Mother and Daughter", an episode of "CBS Schoolbreak Special".  She is also a Grammy Award nominee. Bellman and True is a 1987 film based on the novel of the same name by Desmond Lowden.  The film was written and directed by Richard Loncraine.  It stars Bernard Hill, Derek Newark and Richard Hope. Carrie is a 2002 American supernatural horror television film based on the novel "Carrie" by Stephen King.  It is the second film adaptation of the novel, following the 1976 version and overall the third entry in the Carrie film franchise.  The film premiered on NBC on November 4, 2002.  The film was intended as a backdoor pilot for a potential television series and the ending of the novel was changed accordingly, but no follow-up series was ever produced. The Amazing Spider-Man is a 2012 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and sharing the title of the character's longest-running comic book.  It is the fourth theatrical "Spider-Man" film produced by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Entertainment, and a reboot of Sam Raimi's "Spider-Man" 2002-2007 trilogy preceding it.  The film was directed by Marc Webb.  It was written by James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent and Steve Kloves and it stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker / Spider-Man, Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy, Rhys Ifans as Dr. Curtis Connors, Denis Leary as NYPD Captain George Stacy, along with Martin Sheen and Sally Field as the uncle and aunt of Peter Parker, Ben Parker and May Parker.  The film tells the story of Peter Parker, a teenager from New York who becomes Spider-Man after being bitten by a genetically altered spider.  Parker must stop Dr. Curt Connors as a mutated lizard, from spreading a mutation serum to the city's human population. Caroline "Carrie" Marie Bradshaw is a fictional character and lead character of the HBO romantic sitcom "Sex and the City", as well as the CW series "The Carrie Diaries", portrayed by actresses Sarah Jessica Parker and AnnaSophia Robb, respectively.  She is a semi-autobiographical character created by Candace Bushnell, who published the book "Sex and the City", based on her own columns in the "New York Observer".  On the HBO series, Bradshaw is a New York City newspaper columnist, fashionista, and later, freelance writer for "Vogue" and a published author.  Her weekly column, "Sex and the City," provides the title, storylines, and narration for each episode. Kerry Anthony Parker (born October 3, 1955 in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a football player in the CFL for seven years.  Parker played defensive back for the British Columbia Lions and Toronto Argonauts from 1980-1987.  Parker also played part of two seasons in the National Football League.  He played college football at Grambling State University.
Answer: V. C. Andrews