![]() ![]() She proudly earned her diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth. Virginia excelled in school and, at fifteen, won a scholarship for writing a parody of Tennyson's Idylls of the King. Arthritis and a failed spinal surgical procedure forced her to spend most of her life on crutches or in a wheelchair. While a teenager, Virginia suffered a tragic accident, falling down the stairs at her school and incurred severe back injuries. The Andrews family returned to Portsmouth while Virginia was in high school. ![]() She spent her happy childhood years in Portsmouth, Virginia, living briefly in Rochester, New York. The youngest child and the only daughter of William Henry Andrews, a career navy man who opened a tool-and-die business after retirement, and Lillian Lilnora Parker Andrews, a telephone operator. Virginia Cleo Andrews (born Cleo Virginia Andrews) was born Jin Portsmouth, Virginia. Books since her death ghost written by Andrew Neiderman, but still attributed to the V.C. ![]() Books published under the following names - Virginia Andrews, V. ![]()
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