Andrew Neiderman (born October 26, 1940) is an American

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. In 1987, he became the

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for V. C. Andrews following her death in 1986. He formerly taught English at Fallsburg Jr./Sr. High School, in upstate New York. Neiderman is arguably best known as the author of ''The Devil's Advocate'', later adapted into a

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starring

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, and

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, and directed by

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. Neiderman also adapted the novel ''Rain'' into a

, based on a series of novels released under Andrews's name. Neiderman wrote the stage adaptation of '' Flowers in the Attic'' based on the novel by V.C. Andrews, published online in 2014. The world premiere was produced in

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, in August 2015 by See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company and was directed by Christopher Bentivegna. Neiderman has written the

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for a musical stage adaptation of ''The Devil's Advocate''. He also co-authored the screenplay for ''Duplicates'', a

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cable movie, and has had six of his other novels adapted into films. With the publication of ''Guardian Angel'' by Dorchester Publishers in January 2010, Neiderman has, between his V. C. Andrews novels and those under his name, reached 125 published novels. A resident of

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, Neiderman was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the

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on October 17, 1997.Golden Palm Stars

Novels

This list of novels does not include works by Neiderman ghostwritten as by "the V. C. Andrews Trust". * ''Illusion'' (1967) * ''Sisters'' (1972) * ''Weekend'' (1980) (with Tania Grossinger) * '' Pin'' (1981) (adapted as a

in 1988) * ''Brainchild'' (1981) * ''Someone's Watching'' (1983) * ''Tender, Loving Care'' (1984) (adapted as an interactive movie in 1997) * ''Imp'' (1985) * ''Child's Play'' (1985) * ''Love Child'' (1986) * ''Reflection'' (1986) * ''Teacher's Pet'' (1986) * ''Night Howl'' (1986) * ''Sight Unseen'' (1987) * ''Playmates'' (1987) * ''The Maddening'' (1987) (adapted as a

in 1995) * ''Surrogate Child'' (1988) * ''Perfect Little Angels'' (1989) * ''The Devil's Advocate'' (1990) ( filmed in 1997 by director

) * ''Bloodchild'' (1990) * ''The Immortals'' (1991) * ''The Need'' (1992) * ''Sister, Sister'' (1992) * ''The Solomon Organization'' (1993) * ''After Life'' (1993) * ''Angel of Mercy'' (1994) * ''Duplicates'' (1994) * ''Thirsty'' (1995) * ''The Dark'' (1997) * ''In Double Jeopardy'' (1998) * ''Neighborhood Watch'' (1999) * ''Curse'' (2000) * ''Zombies'' (2000) * ''Amnesia'' (2001) * ''Dead Time'' (2002) * ''Under Abduction'' (2002) * '' The Baby Squad'' (2003) * ''Deficiency'' (2004) * ''The Hunted'' (2005) * ''Finding Satan'' (2006) * ''Unholy Birth'' (2007) * ''Life Sentence'' (2007) * ''Deadly Verdict'' (2008) * ''Guardian Angel'' (2010) * ''Garden of the Dead'' (2011) * ''Lost in His Eyes'' (2015) * ''Undercover Lovers'' (2022)

References

External links

Andrew Neiderman's official web site
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