Biography of V.C. Andrews Virginia C. Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born on the 6th of June, 1923, in Portsmouth, Virginia. The youngest of three children, Virginia was the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a tool-and-die maker, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. She spent her childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, and lived 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; she fell down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. Virginia bravely suffered through the pain that her doctors would not acknowledge. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair. Virginia excelled in school--she skipped both the third and sixth grades. At fifteen, she won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. She proudly earned her high school diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. After graduation, she nurtured her impressive artistic talent by completing a four-year correspondence art course while living at home with her family, where she recuperated after undergoing more surgical attempts to correct the damage to her hip and back. William Andrews died of a sudden heart attack around 1957. Virginia and her mother left Portsmouth to live near one of her brothers in Manchester, Missouri. Later, mother and daughter moved again, this time to be close to her other brother in Apache Junction, Arizona. Virginia helped to support her family through her extremely successful career as a commercial artist, portrait painter, and fashion illustrator. Frustrated with the lack of creative satisfaction that her work provided, Virginia sought creative release through writing, which she did in secret. Her first manuscript was so autobiographical that she destroyed it in order to keep her life private. In 1972, she completed her first novel, The Gods of the Green Mountain [sic], a science-fantasy story. Between 1972 and 1979, she wrote nine novels and twenty short stories. According to this pitch letter, she sold three Gothic Romances on her own, under a pen name and without an agent, and before that she wrote confession stories. One of her confession stories, "I Slept with My Uncle on My Wedding Night", was published in an unknown pulp confession magazine. Below is a complete list of V.C. Andrews' novels. They are listed here in order by when they were published – first by series, then each book within the series is listed by publication date. THE DOLLANGANGER SERIES Flowers in the Attic (1979) Petals on the Wind (1980) If There Be Thorns (1981) Seeds of Yesterday (1984) Garden of Shadows (1987) THE ADARE NOVEL My Sweet Audrina (1982) THE CASTEEL SERIES Heaven (1985) Dark Angel (1986) Fallen Hearts (1988) Gates of Paradise (1989) Web of Dreams (1990) THE CUTLER SERIES Dawn (1990) Secrets of the Morning (1991) Twilight's Child (1992) Midnight Whispers (1992) Darkest Hour (1993) THE LANDRY SERIES Ruby (1994) Pearl in the Mist (1994) All That Glitters (1995) Hidden Jewel (1995) Tarnished Gold (1996) THE LOGAN SERIES Melody (1996) Heart Song (1997) Unfinished Symphony (1997) Music in the Night (1998) Olivia (1999) THE ORPHANS MINISERIES Minibooks: Butterfly (1998) Crystal (1998) Brooke (1998) Raven (1998) Novels: Orphans (2000) - same as the minibooks (all four minibooks are combined into one full-length novel) Runaways (1998) THE WILDFLOWERS MINISERIES [The Wildflowers Miniseries] Minibooks: Misty (1999) Star (1999) Jade (1999) Cat (1999) Novels: The Wildflowers (2001) - same as the minibooks (all four minibooks are combined into one full-length novel) Into the Garden (1999) THE HUDSON SERIES Rain (2000) Lightning Strikes (2000) Eye of the Storm (2000) The End of the Rainbow (2001) Gathering Clouds (2007) THE SHOOTING STARS MINISERIES Minibooks: Cinnamon (2001) Ice (2001) Rose (2001) Honey (2001) Novels: Shooting Stars (2002) - same as the minibooks (all four minibooks are combined into one full-length novel) Falling Stars (2001) THE DE BEERS SERIES Prequel: Dark Seed (2001) Willow (2002) Wicked Forest (2002) Twisted Roots (2002) Into the Woods (2002) Hidden Leaves (2003) THE BROKEN WINGS SERIES Broken Wings (2003) Midnight Flight (2003) THE GEMINI SERIES Celeste (2004) Black Cat (2004) Child of Darkness (2005) THE SHADOWS SERIES April Shadows (2005) Girl in the Shadows (2006) THE EARLY SPRINGS SERIES Broken Flower (2006) Scattered Leaves (2007) THE SECRETS SERIES Secrets in the Attic (2007) Secrets in the Shadows (2008) THE DELIA SERIES Delia's Crossing (2008) Delia's Heart (2008) Delia's Gift (2009) THE HEAVENSTONE SERIES The Heavenstone Secrets (2009) Secret Whispers (2010) DAUGHTER OF DARNESS Daughter of Darkness (2010) THE STORMS SERIES Family Storms* (2011) THE SHORT STORIES Cage of Love (2001) The Little Psychic (2001) OTHER BOOKS BY OR V.C ANDREWS Gods of Green Mountain (2004) Checklist and Reference Guide (1999) Trivia and Quiz Book (1994) A Critical Companion (1996) Your First Romance (1984) You can find some of these books here: Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link This is a self-made ebook with Vietnamese glossary on the bottom of each page, dedicated to those English just as bad as me, and would like to increase your vocabulary while enjoying reading V.C Andrew's novel can download this ebook below. My Sweet Audrina Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link Nguồn: Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link (TVE) epub format Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link Nguồn: Vui lòng đăng nhập hoặc đăng ký để xem link (TVE)
