While Andrew Neiderman contributed to the latter half of the Casteel series, the novels are credited to V.C. Andrews personally oversaw the creation of the first two books in the Casteel series, her passing impelled Andrew Neiderman to continue her work, picking up the story from the third novel, Fallen Hearts, all the way to the end. Andrews’ Dollanganger series, Gardens of Shadows. An American novelist and former teacher at Fallsburg High School in Upstate New York, Andrew was first assigned the task of completing the last book in V.C. V.C Andrews succumbed to cancer at age 63 the popularity of her books was such that her family and publishers felt it necessary to continue the stories she began even after her passing.Īndrew Neiderman was chosen to complete her work. The series constituted five books just like the Casteel Series and allowed Andrews the opportunity to pursue various concepts within a family setting. While she was far from successful at the start, her first novel Gods of Green Mountain largely rejected by publishers and only finding life as an e-book in 2004, Andrews found her star in ‘Flower in the Attic’ the first novel in her world famous Dollanganger series.

Restricted to a wheel chair most of her life as a result of a fall during her teenage years whose resulting surgeries elicited crippling Arthritis, Andrews would pursue a career as a commercial artist and illustrator before eventually venturing seriously into the literary realm. V.C Andrews, full name Cleo Virginia Andrews was born in 1923 in Portsmouth, Virginia, the youngest and only daughter of her family. The Casteel Series constitutes five novels, starting with Heaven, published in 1985 and finally ending with Web of Dreams in 1990. Central to the story is Heaven, the 14 year old girl from whose view point the Casteel series’ story is told, revolving around the negative and positive elements of her relationship with her father and his decision to sell her alongside her siblings for money.Īs the story progresses through the different novels, the focus shifts to Annie, daughter to Heaven and named after her grandmother, with the final portion of The Casteel series finally returning to Leigh, Heaven’s grandmother. The Casteel Series follows the lives and trials of the Casteel family and their various relations out in West Virginia.

The Casteel Series is the lesser known of V.C Andrews’ works, very much popular but not as adored as her first series it was the second of her novel series and, published between the years of 19, it would be the last of her works to be published, Andrews passing away after the first two books of the series had been released.

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