V.C. Andrews
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born
June 06, 1923
died
December 19, 1986
gender
female
place of birth
Portsmouth, Virginia, The United States
website
genre
Horror, Romance
about this author
Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born June 6, 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia. The youngest child and the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man who opened a tool-and-die business after retirement, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York. The Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school.
While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair.
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Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.51 — 9,160 ratings — published 1979 43 editions |
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Petals on the Wind (Dollanganger, #2) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.56 — 4,116 ratings — published 1980 24 editions |
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If There Be Thorns (Dollanganger, #3) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.49 — 4,060 ratings — published 1981 27 editions |
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Seeds of Yesterday (Dollanganger, #4) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.53 — 3,250 ratings — published 1983 21 editions |
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Garden of Shadows (Dollanganger, #5) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.57 — 2,717 ratings — published 1987 22 editions |
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My Sweet Audrina by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.67 — 2,482 ratings — published 1982 23 editions |
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Heaven (Casteel Series, Book 1) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.70 — 2,194 ratings — published 1985 21 editions |
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Dawn (Cutler, Book 1) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.48 — 2,156 ratings — published 1990 11 editions |
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Dark Angel (Casteel, Book 2) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.66 — 1,925 ratings — published 1986 19 editions |
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Ruby (Landry, Book 1) by V.C. Andrews avg rating 3.65 — 1,659 ratings — published 1994 14 editions |
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"Life is like that - twenty minutes of misery for every two seconds of joy."
— V.C. Andrews
— V.C. Andrews
"What is normal? Normal is only ordinary; mediocre. Life belongs to the rare, exceptional individual who dares to be different."
— V.C. Andrews
— V.C. Andrews
"You are the most dangerous kind of female the world can ever know. You carry the seeds for your own destruction and the destruction of everyone who loves you. And a great many will love you for your beautiful face for your seductive body; but you will fail them all because you will believe they all fail you first. You are an idealist of the worst kind - the romantic idealist. Born to destroy and self destruct."
— V.C. Andrews
— V.C. Andrews
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