In assessing a deficiency in her estate tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service argued (successfully) that Virginia Andrews' name was a valuable commercial asset, the value of which should be included in her gross estate. Her novels were so successful that, after her death, her estate hired a ghost writer, Andrew Neiderman, to write more stories to be published under her name. Her best-known novel is the infamous bestseller Flowers in the Attic (1979), a tale of four children locked in the attic of a wealthy Virginia family by their estranged religious grandmother for over three years. Andrews died of breast cancer at the age of 63.Īndrews' novels combine Gothic horror and family saga, revolving around family secrets and forbidden love (frequently involving themes of consensual incest, most often between siblings), and they often include a rags-to-riches story. Cleo Virginia Andrews (JDecember 19, 1986), better known as V.
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