V.C. Andrews

V. C. Andrews was an American novelist, born Cleo Virginia Andrews, and her name on the covers is V.C. Andrews. She is best known for Flowers in the Attic, published in 1979, which inspired two film adaptations and four sequels. Her Dollanganger novels, including Petals on the Wind and If There Be Thorns, and the Casteel books such as Seeds of Yesterday, blend Gothic horror with family saga. She died in 1986, and a ghostwriter has continued to publish books under her name since then.