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Andrews' novels have hit the New York Times bestseller list. Andrews' novels have sold more than eighty-five million copies and have been translated into sixteen foreign languages. She left a legacy of books that have been sold worldwide and translated into 13 foreign languages. Andrews' name and to be almost completely written by Andrews herself. These two novels are considered the last to bear the 'V. He would complete the next two novels, Garden of Shadows and Fallen Hearts, and they were published soon after. After her death, her family hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to finish the manuscripts she had started. Andrews died of breast cancer on December 19, 1986, in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

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. Her first novel was a science fiction fantasy entitled The Gods of the Green Mountains, published in 1972. Andrews eventually became a full-time writer. 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. It was her publisher's decision to use the initials V. However, after her father's death in the late 1960s and the family's subsequent move to Manchester, Mo, she began what she described as 'closet' writing. Andrews worked as a commercial fashion and portrait artist for a time. C.') Andrews was one of three children of William Henry and Lillian Lilnora. Born on Jin Portsmouth, Va., Virginia Cleo ('V.

The Little Psychic by V.C. Andrews