Moving to London, Vicky began a career as an editor for a children’s book. Her interest in history and tradition has been inspired by the old and wonderful architecture of her university. She graduated from the prestigious University of Oxford majoring in English. Growing up, she loved to read books and even started writing and creating fiction stories as well. She has great horsemanship skills and by two years old, she already knows how to ride a horse. Victoria “Vicky” Holmes was born on Jand grew up in an England farm. Getting to Know the Authors Victoria Holmes The name Erin also invokes a strong persona and not the girly type. Then the name Erin was voted, which is Vicky Holmes’ favorite character names. Everyone agreed that it was a great choice, aside from being close to Jacques’ surname it had the perfect quality of connoting a cat’s hunting instincts. Thus, they needed a surname that can easily be found closed to Jacques and thus the surname Hunter was formulated. And secondly, the makers of the book were looking to place their warrior series next to Brian Jacques’ Redwall series of books because during that time, it was the closest series of book which had the same plot as warriors. How the Pseudonym Came To BeĪ pseudonym came to being because of the following reasons: One, if the authors chose that their names all be published in the books, then the book would be found on different places within the library which would be hard for readers to find especially with the outlook of creating many series. The fourth author to join the team was Tui Sutherland this was after she wrote the first field guide for warriors. The next best thing that happened was when Cherith Baldry joined the team of writers during the Forest of Secrets-which is the third installment for the Warriors series. Vicky went on with the editing and supervising tasks of details and scenes of the Warriors series.

So, Vicky created the storyline and Kate Cary was brought in to create the details of the book. But, Vicky-as Victoria Holmes is fondly called by friends, was not that happy to write on said subject as she is not a huge fan of fantasy. Victoria Holmes was tasked by publishing house HarperCollins to create a feral cat fantasy series, this was in 2003.

Among the authors under the Erin Hunter pen names are: Tui Sutherland, Gillian Philip, Cherith Baldry and Kate Cary. Erin Hunter is not a real person, in fact it is a pen name used by several different authors who wrote under the tutelage and guidance of Editor Victoria Holmes. Erin Hunter is a famous author of lots of books-especially famous for the Warrior, Survivor and Seeker series.

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