V. C. Andrews (1923–1986)
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A propos de l'auteur
Born on June 6, 1924 in Portsmouth, Va., Virginia Cleo ("V. C.") Andrews was one of three children of William Henry and Lillian Lilnora. Andrews worked as a commercial fashion and portrait artist for a time. However, after her father's death in the late 1960s and the family's subsequent move to afficher plus Manchester, Mo, she began what she described as "closet" writing. It was her publisher's decision to use the initials V. C. rather than her full name. This was done for the purpose of neutralizing her gender so as to sell to adult male audiences; the common belief was that men did not like to read books by women writers. Andrews eventually became a full-time writer. Her first novel was a science fiction fantasy entitled The Gods of the Green Mountains, published in 1972. In 1980, she published the bestseller Flowers in the Attic, followed by Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds of Yesterday, and Garden of Shadows; all of which comprise the Dollanganger Series. Andrews died of breast cancer on December 19, 1986, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. After her death, her family hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to finish the manuscripts she had started. He would complete the next two novels, Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts, and they were published soon after. These two novels are considered the last to bear the "V. C. Andrews" name and to be almost completely written by Andrews herself. She left a legacy of books that have been sold worldwide and translated into 13 foreign languages. (Bowker Author Biography) V.C. Andrews' novels have sold more than eighty-five million copies and have been translated into sixteen foreign languages. All 38 of V.C. Andrews' novels have hit the New York Times bestseller list. (Publisher Provided) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de V. C. Andrews
Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind / If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday / Garden of Shadows (1980) 293 exemplaires
The Cutler Family Series (5 Books) (Dawn, Secrets of the Morning, Twilight's Child, Midnight Whispers, Darkest… (1990) 117 exemplaires
The Flowers in the Attic Series: The Dollangangers: Flowers in the Attic, Petals on the Wind, If There Be Thorns, Seeds… (1991) 77 exemplaires
The Logan Family Series (5 Books) (Melody, Heart Song, Unfinished Symphony, Music in the Night, Olivia) (The Logan… (1996) 58 exemplaires
The Wildflowers Five Book Series - Misty - Star - Jade - Cat - Into the Garden (2003) 29 exemplaires
Flowers in the Attic / Petals on the Wind / If There Be Thorns / Seeds of Yesterday / Heaven / Garden of Shadows (1979) 20 exemplaires
My Sweet Audrina / If There be Thorns / Petals on the Wind / Flowers in the Attic (1760) 16 exemplaires
HEAVEN PROMOTION W HEARTSONG (Casteel Saga) 8 exemplaires
Gathering Clouds 8 exemplaires
Dollanger Series by V.C. Andrews (Seeds of Yesterday - If There Be Thorns - Petals on the Wind - Flowers in the Attic - 5 exemplaires
V.C. Andrews' Hidden Jewel 3 exemplaires
SET OF SIX COMPLETE NOVELS by V.C. Andrews: Tarnished Gold / Web of Dreams / Fallen Hearts / Midnight Whispers / Dark… 3 exemplaires
6 Titles By V.C. Andrews: "Gates of Paradise," "Flowers in the Attic," "Dawn," "Heaven," "Secrets of the Morning,"… 2 exemplaires
Secrets in the Attic AND Secrets in the Shadows 2 exemplaires
5 Vc Andrews Books--April Shadows, the End of the Rainbow, Petals on the Wind, Heart Song, Midnight Whispers(Poor… 2 exemplaires
Dolce cara audrina Fabbri 2 exemplaires
Svart Ängel 2 exemplaires
Lente-serie en Geheimen-serie, omnibus / druk 1: vertrapte bloem, Verwaaide bladeren en Geheimen op zolder, Geheimen in… (2011) 2 exemplaires
Delia-serie 2 exemplaires
The Landry 5 Book Series (Tarnished Gold, Ruby, Pearl in the Mist, All That Glitters, & Hidden Jewel) (1990) 2 exemplaires
Wildflowers complete 5 book Set by V.C. Andrews 2 exemplaires
Melody omnibus 1 exemplaire
Geheimen-serie 1 exemplaire
Hudson omnibus 1 exemplaire
9 VC Andrews Books--Melody, Dawn, Willow, Heart Song, Web of Dreams, My Sweet Audriana, Unfinished Symphony, Hidden… 1 exemplaire
Google Classroom 2020: he Most Updated Guide for Students and Teachers to the NEW Google Classroom for Online Teaching… (2020) 1 exemplaire
Virginia Andrews Gemini Series 3 Books Set Collection Pack (Celeste, Black Cat, Child of Darkness) (Gemini Series) (2011) 1 exemplaire
Always: The Poetry of Virginia Andrews 1 exemplaire
Virginia Andrews Collection: Melody, Heart Song, Unfinished Symphony, Music in the Night, Rain, Lightning Strikes,… (2011) 1 exemplaire
Gebroken vleugels-serie 1 exemplaire
Virginia Andrews 6 book collection pack: (Scattered Leaves / Broken Flower / Into The Garden / Wild Flowers / April… (2009) 1 exemplaire
Ruby AND Pearl in the Mist 1 exemplaire
Die Orphan-Saga 1 exemplaire
Au delà de l'arc en ciel (La Famille Hudson Tome 4 ) 1 exemplaire
Ice (Étoiles filantes) 1 exemplaire
Cinnamon (�toiles filantes) 1 exemplaire
Au fond du jardin (Les fleurs sauvages) 1 exemplaire
A Set of Five Titles 1 exemplaire
SET OF SEVEN COMPLETE NOVELS: by V.C. Andrews -Dark Angel / Web of Dreams / All That Glitters / My Sweet Audrina /… 1 exemplaire
Darkest Hour (Cutler) by V.C. Andrews (1993-06-01) 1 exemplaire
5 PAPERBACKS BY V.C. ANDREWS- DARK ANGEL,GARDEN OF SHADOWS,FALLEN HEARTS,HEAVEN & PETALS IN THE WIND. 1 exemplaire
4 Titles By V.c. Andrews: "Midnight Whispers," "Petals on the Wind," Seeds of Yesterday," & "If There Be Thorns" 1 exemplaire
Le chant du coeur 1 exemplaire
V.C. Andrews’ Casteel Family [5 Movie DVD] — Auteur — 1 exemplaire
Midnight Whispers by V.C. Andrews (1992-11-01) 1 exemplaire
V.C. Andrews Set (Garden of Shadows, Petals on the Wind, Twilight's Child, V.C. Andrews) 1 exemplaire
SIX Books - Ruby 1994 - Pearl in the Mist 1994 - Twilight's Child 1992 - All That Glitters 1995 - Hidden Jewel… 1 exemplaire
SI HUBIERA ESPINAS.Jory apuesto y gentil con 14 años.Y Bart con una imaginacion deslumbrante para tener 9. (1982) 1 exemplaire
V.C. Andrews 7 Book Variety Lot Paperbacks: Petals on the Wind, Seeds of Yesterday,Midnight Whispers, Darkest Hour,… (1980) 1 exemplaire
Muted Voices 1 exemplaire
V. C. Andrews 5 book Orphan Series, Butterfly, Crystal, Brooke, Raven, and Runaways (1998) 1 exemplaire
14 Books By V. C. Andrews (Rose, Ice, Cinnamon,Fallen Hearts,Gates of Paradise,Dark Angel,Darkest Hour,Twilight's… 1 exemplaire
Castles of the Damned 1 exemplaire
Gypsy Eyes 1 exemplaire
V. C. Andrews 1 exemplaire
V. C. Andrews (5 Book Set) Cinnamon -- The Heavenstone Secrets -- Secret Whispers -- Family Storms -- Daughter of… (2010) 1 exemplaire
DARKEST HOURS,WEB DREAMS, ORPHANS 1 exemplaire
HUDSON FAMILY SERIES 1 exemplaire
Willow #0.5 Duister Zaad 1 exemplaire
Web of Dreams by V.C. Andrews (1990-02-01) 1 exemplaire
Mi dulce Audrina 1 exemplaire
Nem Tudo o Que Luz... (Landry #3) 1 exemplaire
My Sweet Audrina, Flowers In the Attic 1 exemplaire
Vendaval de Sentimentos 1 exemplaire
Aurora 1 exemplaire
My Sweet Audrina by Andrews Virginia (1993-08-01) 1 exemplaire
Twisted Roots / Seeds of Yesturday / Heart Song 1 exemplaire
6 Books By Vc Andrews--Hidden Jewel, Into the Woods, Falling Stars, Broken Wings, Runaways, Unfinished Symphony 1 exemplaire
V. C. Andrews Hudson Family Hardcover Set, 1-4 1 exemplaire
Secrets in the Attic Pa 1 exemplaire
I Slept With My Uncle On My Wedding Night 1 exemplaire
Little Paula (The Eden Series Book 2) 1 exemplaire
5 Title Book Set: Midnight Whispers - Unfinished Symphony - Web of Dreams - Darkest Hour - Melody 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Andrews, Virginia
- Nom légal
- Andrews, Cleo Virginia
- Autres noms
- Andrews, Virginia C.
- Date de naissance
- 1923-06-06
- Date de décès
- 1986-12-19
- Lieu de sépulture
- Olive Branch Cemetery, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- VS
- Lieu de naissance
- Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Virginia Beach, Virginia, USA
- Cause du décès
- breast cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- Portsmouth, Virginia, USA(birth)
Manchester, Missouri, USA
Apache Junction, Arizona, USA - Études
- Woodrow Wilson High School, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA
- Professions
- Schrijfster
Kunstenaar
Illustrator
Portretschilder - Courte biographie
- Cleo Virginia Andrews, beter bekend als V. C. Andrews of Virginia C. Andrews (Portsmouth, 6 juni 1923 - 19 december 1986) was een Amerikaanse romanschrijfster. Virginia Andrews' boeken behoren tot de genres gothic horror en familiegeschiedenis. Veel boeken hebben te maken met familiegeheimen en verboden liefde. Haar bekendste boek uit de Dollanganger-serie is Flowers in the Attic (Bloemen op Zolder) uit 1979. Dit is een verhaal over vier kinderen die op de zolder van hun fanatiek-religieuze oma worden verstopt. Andrews overleed op 63-jarige leeftijd in 1986 aan borstkanker. Haar romans waren zo succesvol dat na haar dood door haar erfgenamen een ghostwriter, Andrew Neiderman, werd ingehuurd om meer verhalen te schrijven onder haar naam. Virginia was het jongste kind en enige dochter van de Andrews familie. Als 15-jarige viel Andrews op school van een trap waardoor ze de rest van haar leven een rolstoel moest gebruiken. Na een vierjarige opleiding slaagde ze erin om een succesvolle commerciële kunstenaar, illustrator en portretschilder te worden. Later in haar leven wendde ze zich tot het schrijven. Haar eerste roman, getiteld Gods of Green Mountain (in het sciencefiction genre) bleef ongepubliceerd en werd uitgebracht als een e-boek in 2004. In 1975 voltooide Andrews een manuscript voor een roman die ze The Obsessed noemde. De roman werd teruggestuurd met de suggestie dat ze het verhaal wat moest uitbreiden en verlevendigen. In latere interviews beweert Andrews de nodige aanpassingen in één nacht te hebben doorgevoerd. Ze diende het manuscript opnieuw in, nu onder de titel Flowers in the Attic. De roman werd gepubliceerd in 1979 en was meteen een succes, Het bereikte de top van de bestsellerlijsten in slechts twee weken. Elk jaar daarna tot aan haar dood publiceerde Andrews een nieuwe roman en met elke publicatie verdiende zij grotere voorschotten en groeide haar lezerspubliek verder aan. Na Andrews' dood in 1986 werden haar twee laatste romans Garden of Shadows en Fallen Hearts gepubliceerd. Deze twee romans worden beschouwd als de laatste die de "VC Andrews" naam dragen en bijna volledig door Andrews zelf geschreven zijn.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 280
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 59,642
- Popularité
- #243
- Évaluation
- 3.5
- Critiques
- 715
- ISBN
- 2,172
- Langues
- 20
- Favoris
- 80