The Woman Beyond the Attic – Review

It’s taken me a while to put together this review despite reading the entire book in four hours. Whilst I’d been hoping for a biography for years on Virginia, this actually made me feel very conflicted upon having read it. Whilst I’d like to present a balanced and fair review, as there are some good…

The Woman Beyond the Attic – The V C Andrews Story

For many years fans have been wanting a biography of V C Andrews, a mysterious, intriguing woman much as the characters she created. Little has ever been published, Virginia was notoriously private in her lifetime and what was written by her publishers – contradictory to say the least. This only added to the mystique of…

Following in the Footsteps of Virginia

Imagine, being able to follow in the footsteps of Virginia herself, visit all the places associated with her personal life …well in this post this is kinda what I’ve hoped to do .I’ve compiled a list and added photos of possible of all the places we know she spent her time – maybe one day…

The Biography of V C Andrews

Ive written before about the mysterious Ms Andrews , how so little of her life is truly known and how that feeds in the mystery surrounding her life … It is widely known Virginia herself fed these mysteries , she rarely gave interviews, she dropped hints when she did driving fans wild with speculation and…

The 40th anniversary of Flowers in the Attic

Finally we re into November which means the fortieth anniversary of Flowers in the Attic is just days away ! Here on Atticsecrets and in the fandom in general there’s been lots of excitement and preparation going on to celebrate this iconic book which will last the whole month long .. Whilst the estate and…

Virginias Message on Child Abuse

One of our members, Candace Marie Butler who also runs the highly successful Whispered Dreams Theatre , a VCANDREWS role play, on Facebook shared with us her fantastic essay in which she cites Virginia Andrews works as an example of the continuous cycle of child abuse within families. As Candaces essay not only displays the…

Endorsed by VC Andrews ?!?

Andrew Neiderman is a master of psychological thrillers – VC Andrews author of Dark Angel In the Attic : A V C Andrews Blog posted this copy of Playmates by Andrew Neiderman , complete with Virginia Andrews quote quite some time ago. I had heard that V C had apparently endorsed his work but never…

FITA : The Stage Play Promotional Clips from the World Premiere in New Orleans

Atticsecrets has been a staunch supporter of the FITA stage play premiere in New Orleans since its conception and has managed to bring our members many great exclusive s throughout the whole process thanks to Director Christopher Bentivegna and an amazing cast. We’re pleased to announce that the world premiere on Thurday 13th August not…

FITA: The Stage Play Reviews are In !!!!

As FITA: The Stage Play curtain has now closed , AtticSecrets brings to you all the fantastic positive reviews this play has received during it stint. We ‘ d just like to say to Christopher and cast what a wonderful experience we have had with you, thanks for your hard work and thank you for…

The Mysterious Ms Andrews

  Along with her novels , V C Andrews herself has been the subject of intrigue for her millions of fans worldwide since the publication of Flowers in the Attic in 1979. Notoriously private, yet , contrastingly releasing a novel she claimed to be based on a true story. Rumours have circulated regarding her for…

Regretting

                “Regretting” (song lyric)                  by Virginia Andrews                    July 13, 1971 Summer comes…and summer goes -like my dreams of old, Autumn gold turns into winter snow – like my dreams gone cold— I should have taken the grape, not waited for wine— I should have tasted at least While I sat at the feast—…

In search of …a VCA fans holy grail

For years there were whispers and hints of VCA s unpublished work , for over 30 years fans were desperate to find out if the rumours were true …To get their hands on what soon became the holy grail to any VCA fan. Last month , AtticSecrets revealed The Lost Angels of VCA forum moderator…