

In 1972, she completed her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain, a science-fantasy story. After graduation, she nurtured her artistic talent by completing a four-year correspondence art course while living at home with her family.Īfter William Andrews died in the late 1960s, Virginia helped to support herself and her mother through her extremely successful career as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator.įrustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction that her work provided, Virginia sought creative release through writing, which she did in secret. She proudly earned her diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. Virginia excelled in school and, at fifteen, won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair. While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. The Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school. She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York.

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. Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born Jin Portsmouth, Virginia. Books since her death ghost written by Andrew Neiderman, but still attributed to the V.C. A secret that will taint the Foxworth family for generations to come.Books published under the following names - Virginia Andrews, V. But in the gloomy mansion filled with festering desires and forbidden passions, a shocking secret lives. Prequel, young Olivia arrives at Foxworth Hall thinking her marriage to handsome Malcolm will bring the joy she has longed for. Now their children may be doomed to repeat their mistakes. , Cathy and Chris have moved on from their days in the attic, but the sins and secrets of their past keep catching up to them. As the days turn into weeks and the weeks turn into months, the unspeakable horrors that plague them are rivaled only by the sinful jealousies that begin to rise. Now they are trapped in their grandparents' attic, waiting for their mother to figure out what to do next. , Chris, Cathy, Cory, and Carrie had the perfect lives-until a tragic accident changed everything. Now, all five books are available together in this new collection


Andrews's bestselling Flowers in the Attic saga has been enjoyed by millions of readers for more than thirty years.
