Andria Flax, Author
Andria D. Flax, a daughter of the soil, has been actively writing since she retired after thirty
hectic years in the banking field. She published her first book, ‘The Way We Were’, in 2010.
A nominee for a prestigious Virgin Islands Icon Award in 2025 in the Writers/Publishers
category, she participated in the Carifesta XV celebrations held in Bridgetown, Barbados, in
August 2025.
Andria absolutely adores playing with words and has identified her passion in researching and
documenting information on long-lived seniors in the Territory of the Virgin Islands—
those 90 years and over—in an effort to preserve interesting facets of their lives and legacies,
as well as important information of cultural, historical, and traditional significance, for future
generations. She also enjoys researching local families, peeling through generational layers as
far back as existing records allow.
Her specialty is non-fiction writing, and to date, Andria has published six books, including ‘A
Walk Through The Valley’, ‘And The Journey Continues…’, and a children’s book, ‘In The
Beehive: The Regal Queen, The Lazy Drone & The Busy Worker Bee’. She now concentrates
on documenting her family history but is quick to assure that several more books are in the
pipeline, in various stages of completion.
For her mantra, she echoes words of wisdom made famous by world-renowned poet, Maya
Angelou: “If you’re going to live, leave a legacy. Make a mark on the world that can’t be
erased.”