Virginia Cleo Andrews was born on June 6, 1923, in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was the youngest of three children, and only daughter to William Henry Andrews and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews.While Andrews was a teenager, She slipped down the stairs and suffered severe back injuries. She went though operation, but it failed. Because of this, she was forced to remain in a wheelchair for the rest of her life.
In 1972 she completed her first novel, a science fantasy called "The Gods of the Green Mountain"(1972), unfortunately it was never sell or published.
Few years later after other novels and short stories Andrews sold her extraordinary novel, "Flowers in the Attic"(published 1979), which captured millions of readers all over the world. And it's still one of her most popular book today. Andrews continued to write even more successful books. In December of 1986, Andrews died at the age of 62 after being diagnosed with cancer. At the time of her death, she had over 24 million books in print and had been translated into many languages such as Dutch, German, Hebrew, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish and Turkish. She left behind her family and many fans.

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