V. C. Andrews

**Cleo Virginia Andrews** (**V. C. Andrews**) (June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986) was an American writer from Portsmouth, Virginia. Her best-selling stories included "My Sweet Audrina" and two series of books about the "Dollanganger" and "Casteel" families.

Her stories were written in English and translated into French, Italian, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Greek, Finnish, Hungarian, Swedish, Portuguese and Hebrew.

Her first novel, "Flowers in the Attic," was published in 1979.

V. C. Andrews died from breast cancer in 1986, leaving behind some unpublished stories. The estate of V. C. Andrews hired a ghostwriter, Andrew Neiderman, to continue the stories, which are still published under the name V. C. Andrews.

### 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 Andrew Neiderman)

### Stand alone works

- _Gods of Green Mountain_ (1972), a science fiction novel, currently only available in e-book format.
- _My Sweet Audrina_ (1982)

### The Casteel series

- _Heaven_ (1985)
- _Dark Angel_ (1986)
- _Fallen Hearts_ (1988) (started by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)
- _Gates of Paradise_ (1989) ("inspired" by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)
- _Web of Dreams_ (1990) ("inspired" by Andrews, finished by Neiderman)

### The Cutler series

This series and all subsequent novels were written by Neiderman, but are attributed to Andrews.

- _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)
- _Gathering Clouds_ (2007, to be contained with the Rain movie DVD, released on May 29, 2007)

### 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)
- _Dark Seed_ (2001) [an e-book now printed inside copies of _Hidden Leaves_]

### The Broken Wing series

- _Broken Wings_ (2003)
- _Midnight Flight_ (2003)

### The Gemini series

- _Celeste_ (2004)
- _Black Cat_ (2004)
- _Child of Darkness_ (2005)

### The Shadows series

- _April Shadows_ (2005)
- _Girl in the Shadows_ (2006)

### Early Spring series

- _Broken Flower_ (October 2006)
- _Scattered Leaves_ (Feb 27, 2007)

### Secrets Series

- _Secrets in the Attic_ (September 2007)
- _Secrets in the Shadows_ (April 2008)

### Delia Series

- _Delia's Crossing_ (September 2008)
- _Delia's Heart_ (December 2008)
- _Delia's Gift_ (February 2009)

### Heavenstone Series

- _Heavenstone Secrets_ (December 29, 2009)
- _Secret Whispers_ (March 2010)

### Short stories (ghost-written by Neiderman, inspired by Andrews' artwork)

- _Cage of Love_ (2001)
- _The Little Psychic_ (2001)

### Vampire Series

- _Daughter of Darkness_ (2010)

## Other websites

- U.S. publisher's official website
- Canadian publisher's official website
- Andrew Neiderman's website
- V. C. Andrews Wiki
- The Complete V. C. Andrews

## Infobox (writer)

- **name**: Cleo Virginia Andrews
- **birth place**: Portsmouth, Virginia, United States, USA
- **death place**: Virginia Beach, Virginia, Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
- **occupation**: Novelist
- **nationality**: United States, American
- **period**: 1979 - 1986
- **genre**: Gothic horror
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