Erin Hunter Answers Your Questions Fall 2010

Erin Hunter posted two pages on the Warriors Official Forum on November 3, 2010 and November 30, 2010.

ThunderClan

 * Tigerstar's dark ambitions are caused by his natural bravery and Thistleclaw's teachings.


 * Rusty was the first cat created in the series.

BloodClan

 * BloodClan will not reappear, as they have scattered without a leader.


 * Scourge's name was not inspired by Cluney the Scourge from Brian Jacques' Redwall books.

Clan Life

 * Even male medicine cats cannot father kits, as they would be distracted from their duties.


 * Cat names are meant to only come from natural sources, and are meant to only consist of words that a wild cat would know.


 * Whitecough and Greencough are not based on any specific illness like pneumonia, and are merely two types of chest infections.


 * A leader that dies of natural causes may return to life once if they still have lives left, but after that they will most likely lose all of their lives at once due to multiple organ failure.


 * It is highly unlikely for a leader to die of natural causes.


 * Medicine Cats have their own code separate from the Warrior Code. It states that they must treat sick or injured cats, even if they are from a different Clan, and that they may not take a mate or have kits.

Places

 * ThunderClan territory is roughly ten acres.


 * The Tribe's territory was inspired by American mountains, hinted by the presence of a mountain lion.

The Books

 * Each book takes about six months to complete: two months for Vicky to write the story line, three months for either Kate, Cherith, or Tui to write the books, about a week for Vicky to proof read the finished product, and three weeks for Harpercollins to proofread and request edits for the final draft.


 * The Erins are usually working on two or three books at once.


 * The Erins are considering including an albino cat in one of the books, but are waiting for the right moment to do so.


 * There will not be a Seekers crossover with Warriors.


 * It is unlikely that a book in the main series will be told primarily from another Clan's point of view, only the Super Editions will do so.


 * There is a female "super-villian" in Night Whispers and Crookedstar's Promise.

The Authors

 * The Erins did not know each other prior to writing Warriors together and met through work.


 * Vicky is the only member of the group to have met the others, as they all live very far from each other and correspond through e-mail.