Surrogate Child
After burying their seemingly perfect teenage son following his surprise suicide, Joe and Martha Stern pin their hopes for future happiness on Jonathan, a foster child with some disturbing similarities to their dead son.
Andrew Neiderman
Andrew Neiderman (born 1940) is an American novelist. He became the ghost writer 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 married to the former model Diane Wilson. They have two children, Melissa, a teacher in Rancho Mirage, and Erik, a jet pilot. They have three grandchildren: Dustin, a musician who attends College in Los Angeles, Hannah Rose, and Emily Grace, the latter both models in LA.