Andrew Neiderman (born October 26, 1940) is a best-selling American
novelist
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. In 1987, he became the
ghost writer
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for
V. C. Andrews following her death in 1986.
He formerly taught English at
Fallsburg
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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
film starring
Keanu Reeves,
Al Pacino, and
Charlize Theron, and directed by
Taylor Hackford
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. Neiderman also adapted the novel ''Rain'' into a
film, 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
, in August 2015 by See 'Em On Stage: A Production Company and was directed by
Christopher Bentivegna.
Andrew Neiderman has written the
libretto for a musical stage adaptation of ''The Devil's Advocate''.
He also co-authored the screenplay for ''Duplicates'', a
USA Network
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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
Palm Springs, California, Neiderman was honored with a Golden Palm Star on the
Palm Springs Walk of Stars
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on October 17, 1997.
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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
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* PIN, a former Dutch ...
'' (1981) (adapted as a film in 1988)
* ''Brainchild'' (1981)
* ''Someone's Watching'' (1983)
* ''Tender, Loving Care'' (1984) (adapted as an interactive movie in 1997)
* ''Imp'' (1985)
* ''Wally Walrus'' (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 film in 1995)
* ''Surrogate Child'' (1988)
* ''Perfect Little Angels'' (1989)
* ''The Devil's Advocate'' (1990) ( filmed in 1997 by director Taylor Hackford
Taylor Edwin Hackford (born December 31, 1944) is an American film director and former president of the Directors Guild of America. He won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for '' Teenage Father'' (1979). Hackford went on to direct ...
)
* ''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)
References
External links
Andrew Neiderman's official web site
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1940 births
Living people
People from Fallsburg, New York
Writers from Brooklyn
Writers from Palm Springs, California
American male novelists
20th-century American novelists
20th-century American male writers