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V.C. Andrews

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    (June 6, 1923-December 19, 1986)
    Birth name is Virginia Cleo Andrews
    Authored the short story 'I Slept With My Uncle On My Wedding Night' for a pulp magazine
    Wrote 'Flowers in the Attic,' 'If There Be Thorns,' 'My Sweet Audrina,' 'Seeds of Yesterday,' 'Heaven,' 'Dark Angel,' 'Garden of Shadows' and 'Fallen Hearts'
    Made a cameo in the film adaptation of 'Flowers in the Attic (1987)'
    Named 'Number One Bestselling Author of Popular Horror' by the American Booksellers Association (1986)

Why she might be annoying:

    Many of her stories contain incest.
    She rarely gave interviews or appeared in public.
    She wrote under the pen name 'V.C. Andrews' to hide that she was a woman (women authors didn't sell well).
    She unwittingly began a new horror trend of having children in danger.
    Newly unearthed stories by her are frequently being published posthumously.
    After her death, her family hired a ghostwriter to continue publishing books under her name.
    Although marketed to young adults, her novels contain scenes of children being tortured, washing their hair with their own urine, and doing many other unpleasant things.
    She is a favorite writer with unpopular teenage girls.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She skipped the third and sixth grades.
    She was sent to junior college art classes when she was only seven.
    She was confined to a wheelchair due to falling down some stairs as a teenager.
    She challenged traditional horror writing by being more shocking and explicit than anyone had before.
    She died of breast cancer (1986).

Credit: Ratman


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 23 Votes: 30.43% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 8 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 11 Votes: 9.09% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 80.0% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 52.38% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 52.78% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 31 Votes: 45.16% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 89 Votes: 47.19% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 124 Votes: 52.42% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 153 Votes: 54.25% Annoying