V.C. Andrews

Virginia C. Andrews, born as Cleo Virginia Andrews, was a highly influential American author who specialized in gothic horror novels involving families. She was born on June 6, 1923, in Portsmouth, Virginia, and was the youngest child of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. Andrews spent a happy childhood in Portsmouth, with brief periods in Rochester, New York. However, a tragic accident during her teenage years left her with severe back injuries, and she had to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair.

Andrews excelled in school and won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. After graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, she completed a four-year correspondence art course. She then worked as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator to support herself and her mother. Frustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction in her work, Andrews turned to writing, which she did in secret. She wrote her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain, in 1972, but it was never published. Between 1972 and 1979, she wrote nine novels and twenty short stories, of which only one was published.

In 1979, Andrews's breakthrough came with the publication of Flowers in the Attic, a novel that became a bestseller and launched her career. The novel was followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows, which completed the Dollanganger family saga. Since then, readers have been captivated by more than fifty novels in Andrews' bestselling series. Her novels have sold more than one hundred million copies and have been translated into sixteen foreign languages. Andrews passed away in 1986, but two final novels, Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts, were published posthumously. These novels are considered the last to bear the "V.C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by her.
Audrina Books
# Title Year
1 My Sweet Audrina 1982
2 Whitefern 2016
Broken Wings Books
# Title Year
1 Broken Wings 2003
2 Midnight Flight 2003
Casteel Books
# Title Year
1 Heaven 1985
2 Dark Angel 1986
3 Fallen Hearts 1988
4 Gates of Paradise 1989
5 Web of Dreams 1990
Cutler Books
# Title Year
1 Dawn 1990
2 Secrets of the Morning 1991
3 Twilight's Child 1992
4 Midnight Whispers 1992
5 Darkest Hour 1993
De Beers Books
# Title Year
1 Willow 2002
2 Wicked Forest 2002
3 Twisted Roots 2002
4 Into the Woods 2002
5 Hidden Leaves 2003
Delia Books
# Title Year
1 Delia's Crossing 2008
2 Delia's Heart 2008
3 Delia's Gift 2009
Dollanganger Books
# Title Year
1 Flowers in the Attic 1979
2 Petals on the Wind 1980
3 If There Be Thorns 1981
4 Seeds of Yesterday 1984
5 Garden of Shadows 1986
6 Christopher's Diary: Secrets of Foxworth 2014
7 Christopher's Diary: Echoes of Dollanganger 2015
8 Secret Brother 2015
9 Beneath the Attic 2019
10 Out of the Attic 2020
11 The Shadows of Foxworth 2020
Early Spring Books
# Title Year
1 Broken Flower 2006
2 Scattered Leaves 2007
Eden Books
# Title Year
1 Eden's Children 2023
2 Little Paula 2023
Gemini Books
# Title Year
1 Celeste 2004
2 Black Cat 2004
3 Child of Darkness 2005
Heavenstone Books
# Title Year
1 The Heavenstone Secrets 2008
2 Secret Whispers 2010
House of Secrets Books
# Title Year
1 House of Secrets 2018
2 Echoes in the Walls 2018
3 Whispering Hearts 2020
Hudson Books
# Title Year
1 Rain 2000
2 Lightning Strikes 2000
3 Eye of the Storm 2000
4 The End of the Rainbow 2001
Kindred Books
# Title Year
1 Daughter of Darkness 2010
2 Daughter of Light 2012
Landry Books
# Title Year
1 Ruby 1993
2 Pearl in the Mist 1994
3 All That Glitters 1995
4 Hidden Jewel 1995
5 Tarnished Gold 1996
Logan Books
# Title Year
1 Melody 1996
2 Heart Song 1997
3 Unfinished Symphony 1997
4 Music in the Night 1998
5 Olivia 1999
Orphans Books
# Title Year
1 Butterfly 1998
2 Crystal 1998
3 Brooke 1998
4 Raven 1998
5 Runaways 1998
Secrets Books
# Title Year
1 Secrets in the Attic 1997
2 Secrets in the Shadows 2008
Shadows Books
# Title Year
1 April Shadows 2005
2 Girl in the Shadows 2006
Shooting Stars Books
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1 Cinnamon 2001
2 Ice 2001
3 Rose 2001
4 Honey 2001
5 Falling Stars 2001
Storms Books
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1 Family Storms 2011
2 Cloudburst 2011
Sutherland Books
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1 Losing Spring 2023
2 Chasing Endless Summer 2024
The Forbidden Books
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1 Forbidden Sister 2013
2 The Forbidden Heart 2013
3 Roxy's Story 2013
The Girls of Spindrift Books
# Title Year
1 Corliss 2017
2 Donna 2017
3 Mayfair's Dangerous Escape 2018
4 Spindrift 2018
The Mirror Sisters Books
# Title Year
1 The Mirror Sisters 2016
2 Broken Glass 2017
3 Shattered Memories 2017
The Umbrella Books
# Title Year
1 The Umbrella Lady 2021
2 Out of the Rain 2021
Wildflowers Books
# Title Year
1 Misty 1999
2 Star 1999
3 Jade 1999
4 Cat 1999
5 Into the Garden 1999
Standalone Novels
# Title Year
1 Gods of Green Mountain 2004
2 Into the Darkness 2012
3 Capturing Angels 2012
4 The Unwelcomed Child 2014
5 Bittersweet Dreams 2015
6 Sage's Eyes 2016
7 The Silhouette Girl 2019
8 Becoming My Sister 2022