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V. C. Andrews

1923 - 1986

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Cleo Virginia Andrews (June 6, 1923 – December 19, 1986), better known as V. C. Andrews or Virginia C. Andrews, was an American novelist. She was best known for her 1979 novel Flowers in the Attic, which inspired two movie adaptations and four sequels. While her novels are not classified by her publisher as Young Adult, their young protagonists have made them popular among teenagers for decades. After her death in 1986, a ghostwriter who was initially hired to complete two unfinished works has continued to publish books under her name. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. V. C. Andrews is the 3,779th most popular writer (up from 4,042nd in 2019), the 5,451st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,294th in 2019) and the 433rd most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, V. C. Andrews ranks 3,779 out of 7,302. Before her are John Ford, Gideon Levy, Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar, Meir Shalev, Gustaw Herling-Grudziński, and Dorothee Sölle. After her are Anna Katharine Green, Murray Leinster, César Aira, Georg Sauerwein, Kim Sowol, and Jiří Dienstbier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, V. C. Andrews ranks 225. Before her are Ida Vitale, Galyani Vadhana, Juan Burgueño, Ryōtarō Shiba, Octavio Lepage, and Rentarō Mikuni. After her are Juan Arza, Patrick Hillery, Karl Vaino, Sam Francis, Aleksandra Chudina, and Anton-Günther, Duke of Oldenburg. Among people deceased in 1986, V. C. Andrews ranks 145. Before her are Anatoly Marchenko, Sandro Puppo, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Broderick Crawford, Otto Glória, and Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari. After her are László Lékai, John Kuck, W. Averell Harriman, Tahir Yahya, Panagiotis Kanellopoulos, and Mika Antić.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, V. C. Andrews ranks 5,451 out of 20,380. Before her are John Lurie (1952), Rick James (1948), Richard Kiley (1922), James Russo (1953), Florence Lee (1888), and Howard Keel (1919). After her are Anna Katharine Green (1846), Murray Leinster (1896), David Geffen (1943), Andrew Robinson (1942), Jane Adams (1965), and Carmen McRae (1922).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, V. C. Andrews ranks 433. Before her are Cotton Mather (1663), Douglas Preston (1956), Bret Easton Ellis (1964), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Spencer Johnson (1938), and Dennis Lehane (1965). After her are Anna Katharine Green (1846), Murray Leinster (1896), Donald Barthelme (1931), Marianne Moore (1887), Bill Bryson (1951), and Zoe Akins (1886).

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