Victoria Holmes

Victoria Holmes, commonly referred to as Vicky, is a formerRevealed on Vicky's Facebook editorRevealed on an archived version of fantasybookreview.co.uk of the New York Times bestselling Warriors books, written by Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, and Tui Sutherland,Revealed on warriorcats.com and published by HarperCollins.Revealed on warriorcats.com She, along with Kate, Cherith, and Tui, write under the pseudonym "Erin Hunter",Revealed on warriorcats.com While she was the main editor of Warriors for many years, she had chosen to step aside from working on the main arcs,Revealed on Vicky's Facebook and has now fully retired from working on the Warriors series.
==Biography==
:Victoria Holmes was born on July 17th, in Berkshire, England, and currently resides in London, England.Revealed on januarymagazine.com
:She grew up on a farm, learning how to ride horses and ponies at the age of two, and around that same age, she also enjoyed reading and writing stories of her own. She studied English at the University of Oxford,Revealed on fantasybookreview.co.uk in Oxford, England,Revealed on gomapper.com where the beautiful ancient buildings and sense of tradition inspired her to have an interest in history. After she finished at Oxford, she took a year off so that she could work with horses. After her year off, she became an English teacher.Revealed on equitainment.com.au She decided teaching wasn't for her anymore, and became an editor for Working Partners.Revealed on equitainment?com.au
:She was the editor of the Warriors series, where Vicky Holmes created the plots, then Kate and Cherith wrote the stories, though she often thought the writing process could be lonely.Revealed on warriorcats.com Holmes was also in charge of maintaining series continuity and making sure that there's a consistent "voice" across the books. She also was the person who wrote the Erin Hunter Author Tracker e-mails. She has thought of all the titles for the books and the pen name, Erin Hunter, too. When she was younger, she was called "Mouse" by her friends and family, and, coincidentally, her name, according to the Official Site, is Mousepaw.
:She loves baking chocolate brownies, hanging out with her friends, planning to redecorate her house, playing with her nephews and niece, and thinking about new stories. She also has said that anything that isn't man-made inspires her.Revealed on januarymagazine.blogspot.com Also, Vicky, loves escaping into the English countryside whenever she can, to ride horses and walk her dog, Missy, who sadly was put to rest on August 10th, 2015.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
:She announced in a note on Facebook after the release of Legends of the Clans that she is now retired from the Warriors series, clarifying afterward that it was because she felt she'd written all of the Warriors stories inside her.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
:Vicky was diagnosed with cancer in 2017,Revealed on Vicky's Facebook but hopes for a complete recovery, and is currently writing her own books part-time.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
:In November 2024, Vicky announced that she was "allowed back onto the Erin team next year for a very exciting cameo role in an upcoming publication."Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
==Quotes==
"I grew up on a farm and love all animals, including cats, but most especially dogs and horses. This comes in very handy when I need to send cats to a sticky end; I'd have a lot more trouble killing off a dog or a horse! I love being one of the Erins, and frequently dream of being a cat running through a forest when I am coming up with the new storylines. Teaming up with Kate and Cherith on the Warriors books is an unconventional way of working, but we love writing the books together and it means we can produce them much faster than a single writer could. We each have our favorite characters and ideas for what could happen next, which means the stories have three times as much energy and passion!"Revealed on warriorcats.com 
==Other Books==
*Rider of the DarkRevealed on equitainment.com.au
*The Horse from the SeaRevealed on equitainment.com.au
*Heart of FireRevealed on equitainment.com.au
==Trivia==
===Warriors-related===
====Characters====
*Vicky has said that Tigerstar's death was the most fun to write in the Warriors series.
*Her favorite characters are Ravenpaw, Cloudtail, and Brambleclaw. Her favorite RiverClan cat is Mistystar,Revealed on her Facebook and her favorite villain is Scourge.Revealed on her Facebook 
**She is also a fan of Leafpool.
*When asked about her least favorite character in the series, Vicky said that Firestar could be tedious to write about.Revealed on her Facebook 
*If she could be a Warriors character, she would be Ravenpaw, Squirrelflight, Leafpool, or Cinderpelt.
*Vicky was sad writing Cinderpelt's and Feathertail's deaths.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
*She thinks Rowanclaw should have always been female.
*She had an idea about bringing Midnight back as a villain, but her editor talked her out of it.Revealed on the Official Forums
*Her favorite shippings are Brambleclaw/Squirrelflight, Firestar/Sandstorm, and Ravenpaw/Barley.
*Her favorite character to write about was Squirrelflight. 
*Vicky was never pleased with how she incorporated Sol into the third arc and wishes she could redo his story.
*Vicky always intended for Ravenpaw and Barley to be a couple but "but the books were written at a different time, when it was not possible to be open and honest about this kind of thing."
====Books====
*Her favorite Warriors books are The Darkest Hour and Bluestar's Prophecy.Revealed on her Facebook 
**She thinks the best book she has worked on is Bluestar's Prophecy.
*Her favorite Warriors book to write was Firestar's Quest.Revealed on her Facebook 
*The only Dawn of the Clans book that Vicky was involved with is The Sun Trail, and she does not maintain the plotline for any subsequent books in that arc.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook She is also not involved with the sixth arc of Warriors,Revealed on Vicky's Facebook and says there is another team of editors that works with Kate and Cherith.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook She worked only on the novellasRevealed on Vicky's Facebook after Seekers finished,Revealed on Vicky's Facebook but after the release of Legends of the Clans she announced that she would no longer be writing for the series, stating that after Pinestar's Choice she felt that she'd written all of the Warriors stories inside her.
*Vicky does not read the current books.Revealed on her Facebook 
*When asked how long it takes to edit each manuscript, Vicky responded with, "it takes me about a month, often more, to come up with story lines, though I know roughly what's going to happen in every book before I start Book One of a new arc. It takes about a week to go through a first draft, and maybe a little longer for a second draft. Third drafts are much speedier because we're only ironing out tiny wrinkles by then."
*If she could change anything in the series, Vicky would have renamed monsters to either "roundpaws" or "metalfaces". She also would have created a detailed character list and relationships for each Clan.
*She considered Dawn as an ideal conclusion to the saga, and thought the franchise would end there before HarperCollins asked her for 3 more books.
====Other====
*If she could be a cat, Vicky would be a RiverClan medicine cat named Mousewhisker.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
*She came up with the pen name, Erin Hunter, so the books could be alphabetically close to Redwall, due to the author, Brian Jacques.
*If she could be a Clan cat, she would be in WindClan.
*It takes Vicky about a month to come up with the storylines, and a week to go in with the drafts.Description revealed on Vicky's Facebook
*Vicky loves that anyone can read the Warriors books, which she thinks since she deals with topics such as death and religion, which appear far more in 'adult books' more frequently than in 'children's books'.Revealed in the Erin Hunter Answers Your Questions Summer 2011
*Her favorite Clan is ThunderClan, but she also likes RiverClan.Revealed on her Facebook Her favorite half-Clan combination is WindClan and RiverClan.Revealed on her Facebook 
*The most common Warriors questions she gets asked frequently are "what would Ravenpaw's warrior name be?" and "what would Hollyleaf's power be if she were part of the Three instead of Dovewing?" Vicky replied that none were meant to be.
*One of her favorite fan theories is that Snowkit survived the hawk and became Snowtuft, though Vicky stated the theory is not true.
===Miscellaneous===
*She played the violin and the flute when she was younger.Revealed on the Official Forum
*She used to have a lot of cats when she was a child and they all lived in a barn.Revealed on the Official Forum
*She had a Staffordshire Bull Terrier called Missy. She was unfortunately put to sleep on August 10th, 2015.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
*If Vicky could choose where she wanted to tour, she would choose Russia, Japan, and Finland, because she loves cold places.Revealed on the Official Forum.
*Vicky will not go on tours in the US anymore.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
*Vicky says that there will be no more chats with her, Kate, and Cherith.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook
*Vicky started to write professionally in 2001.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
*She has a black thoroughbred horse named Nick.Revealed on Vicky's Facebook 
==See also==
*Erin Hunter
*Vicky's Facebook page
*Kate Cary
*Cherith Baldry
*Tui Sutherland
==External links==
*Vicky's FacebookVicky's Facebook
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==Notes and references==
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