1923 - 1986
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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of V. C. Andrews has received more than 3,204,843 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). V. C. Andrews is the 3,780th most popular writer (down from 2,760th in 2019), the 5,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,527th in 2019) and the 424th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, V. C. Andrews ranks 3,780 out of 5,755. Before her are Gregory David Roberts, Veniamin Kaverin, Anne-Cath. Vestly, C. J. Cherryh, Leslie Stephen, and Renia Spiegel. After her are Paul Fort, Nodira, Yu Hua, Gudrun Pausewang, Lydia Becker, and Maurice Schumann.
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 3,774
1902 - 1989
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 3,775
1920 - 2008
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 3,776
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 3,777
1832 - 1904
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 3,778
1924 - 1942
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 3,779
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 3,780
1872 - 1960
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 3,781
1792 - 1842
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 3,782
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 3,783
1928 - 2020
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 3,784
1827 - 1890
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 3,785
1911 - 1998
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 3,786
Among people born in 1923, V. C. Andrews ranks 227. Before her are Rentarō Mikuni, Ioannis Grivas, Gordon R. Dickson, Octavio Lepage, Jean-Paul Riopelle, and Isao Kimura. After her are Charlie Mariano, Juan Burgueño, Geoff Duke, Galyani Vadhana, Naziha al-Dulaimi, and Betsy Blair. Among people deceased in 1986, V. C. Andrews ranks 145. Before her are Lars-Erik Larsson, Gaston Defferre, Beryl Markham, Ernst Lehner, Juan Carlos Corazzo, and Daniel Balavoine. After her are Ruth Teitelbaum, Annemarie Selinko, Agustín Sauto Arana, Murray Hamilton, Ernst Haas, and Étienne Mattler.
1923 - 2013
HPI: 49.63
Rank: 221
1923 - 2016
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 222
1923 - 2001
HPI: 49.49
Rank: 223
1923 - 2017
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 224
1923 - 2002
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 225
1923 - 1981
HPI: 49.34
Rank: 226
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 227
1923 - 2009
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 228
1923 - 1997
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 229
1923 - 2015
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 230
1923 - 2008
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 231
1923 - 2007
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 232
1923 - 2009
HPI: 49.10
Rank: 233
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 139
1910 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 140
1902 - 1986
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 141
1912 - 1986
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 142
1907 - 1986
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 143
1952 - 1986
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 144
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 145
1924 - 1986
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 146
1914 - 1986
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 147
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.12
Rank: 148
1923 - 1986
HPI: 48.87
Rank: 149
1921 - 1986
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 150
1905 - 1986
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 151
Among people born in United States, V. C. Andrews ranks 5,054 out of 18,182. Before her are Mark St. John (1956), Robert Berdella (1949), Michael Harner (1929), Marsha Mason (1942), Richard Petty (1937), and C. J. Cherryh (1942). After her are Gina Carano (1982), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Zooey Deschanel (1980), Jon Hamm (1971), Julia Grant (1826), and Dorothy Gish (1898).
1956 - 2007
HPI: 49.33
Rank: 5,048
1949 - 1992
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,049
1929 - 2018
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,050
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,051
1937 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,052
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,053
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 5,054
1982 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5,055
1897 - 1952
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5,056
1980 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5,057
1971 - Present
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 5,058
1826 - 1902
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 5,059
1898 - 1968
HPI: 49.30
Rank: 5,060
Among writers born in United States, V. C. Andrews ranks 424. Before her are Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), David Baldacci (1960), Sandra Brown (1948), David Brin (1950), Ron Kovic (1946), and C. J. Cherryh (1942). After her are James Thurber (1894), Saul Alinsky (1909), Maxwell Anderson (1888), Bret Harte (1836), Kim Stanley Robinson (1952), and James Redfield (1950).
1924 - 2019
HPI: 49.46
Rank: 418
1960 - Present
HPI: 49.44
Rank: 419
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 420
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 421
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 422
1942 - Present
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 423
1923 - 1986
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 424
1894 - 1961
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 425
1909 - 1972
HPI: 49.28
Rank: 426
1888 - 1959
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 427
1836 - 1902
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 428
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 429
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 430