Garden of Shadows Author:V. C. Andrews Garden of Shadows is a novel by V. C. Andrews and was first published in 1987. V. C. Andrews had died in 1986, and her estate has commissioned a ghostwriter, Andrew Neiderman, to continue writing novels under her name, typically developed from plot outlines originally written by Andrews. There is some dispute over whether this particular novel w... more »as written in part by Andrews before she died, or whether it was written entirely by Niederman. In any event, this is the fifth and final novel of the Dollanganger series. It explains the origin of Olivia Winfield (the grandmother from Flowers in the Attic) and the events that cause her to become the cold, domineering mistress of Foxforth Hall and how Corinne's childhood and eventual betrayal come about.« less