Victoria Holmes

Victoria "Vicky" Holmes is an English author. She is better known as Erin Hunter, a pseudonym under which she and others wrote the New York Times Bestselling[1] Warriors books.

Biography

Victoria Holmes was born in Berkshire[2] but spent most of her childhood growing up in Cornwall. She learned to ride horses at the age of two. She always loved horses so she wrote many books about them.[3] As a child she enjoyed reading and writing stories of her own when she had the time. She studied English at the University of Oxford, where the ancient buildings and sense of tradition inspired an interest in history. She now works in London as a children's book editor and escapes to the English countryside whenever she can to ride horses and walk her dog, Missy.[3]

Books

Together with Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Tui Sutherland, Gillian Phillip, and newest addition Inbali Iserles, Holmes has co-written seven Warriors miniseries: Warriors, Warriors: The New Prophecy, Warriors: Power of Three, Warriors: Omen of the Stars, Warriors: Dawn of the Clans, Warriors: A Vision of Shadows, Warriors: The Broken Code; the Seekers series; and also several short plays, novels, and special editions, all published by HarperCollins. The group write under the collective pen name Erin Hunter; Holmes creates the plots, then Cary, Baldry, Sutherland, Phillip, and Iserles write the stories. Holmes is also in charge of maintaining series continuity and making sure that a consistent "voice" is maintained across the books.[4]

Holmes is also the author of the Epic Horse series of novels: Rider in the Dark (2004), The Horse from the Sea (2005), and Heart of Fire (2006).

Currently Holmes is the co-author of the Hope Meadows series (Animal Ark Revisited) alongside veterinary surgeon Sarah McGurk. The series is published by Hodder in the UK.[5]

References
  1. "Best-Seller Lists: Children's Books". The New York Times. 15 January 2006. Archived from the original on 2 November 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  2. Bolton, Kathleen (28 July 2006). "AUTHOR INTERVIEW: Victoria Holmes". Writer Unboxed. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. "Biography: Victoria Holmes". Archived from the original on 15 September 2016. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. Bolton, Kathleen (21 April 2006). "INTERVIEW: Erin Hunter". Writer Unboxed. Retrieved 22 October 2007.
  5. "Lucy Daniels". Hachette UK. 24 April 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
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