WRITER

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of V. C. Andrews has received more than 3,494,777 page views. Her biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). V. C. Andrews is the 4,043rd most popular writer (down from 3,767th in 2019), the 5,295th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,042nd in 2019) and the 433rd most popular American Writer.

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  • 3.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, V. C. Andrews ranks 4,043 out of 7,302. Before her are Horst Bienek, Michael Denis, Arno Holz, Pyotr Vyazemsky, Yahya Kemal Beyatlı, and Zenta Mauriņa. After her are Alaa Al Aswany, Ivan Shmelyov, Simon Leys, Cecco Angiolieri, Karel Teige, and Anna Langfus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, V. C. Andrews ranks 268. Before her are Juan Burgueño, Rudolf Augstein, Israel Gutman, Hedy Schlunegger, Jean Hagen, and William Windom. After her are Hanna Maron, Bror Mellberg, Aleksandra Chudina, Thad Jones, Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, and Hassan Ali Mansur. Among people deceased in 1986, V. C. Andrews ranks 160. Before her are Agustín Sauto Arana, Juan Carlos Corazzo, Daniel Balavoine, Gaston Defferre, Ernst Haas, and Peter Pears. After her are Nils Ramm, Carlo Biagi, Roy Cohn, Hank Mobley, Susan Cabot, and Thad Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, V. C. Andrews ranks 5,295 out of 20,380. Before her are George Marshall (1891), Ed Wynn (1886), Kenneth Cockrell (1950), Sasha Alexander (1973), Michael Peña (1976), and Joshua Angrist (1960). After her are Jennie Garth (1972), Susanna Hoffs (1959), Peter Greene (1965), James Shigeta (1929), John R. Commons (1862), and George Constantine (1918).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, V. C. Andrews ranks 433. Before her are Melissa Mathison (1950), Lloyd Alexander (1924), Syd Field (1935), Elbert Hubbard (1856), Murray Leinster (1896), and Russell Banks (1940). After her are Bret Harte (1836), James Redfield (1950), E. B. White (1899), Gary Chapman (1938), Daniel Silva (1960), and David Crane (1957).

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