Cherith Baldry

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Cherith Baldry is a writer of fantasy fiction.^[6] She is one of the authors of the Warriors novel series, collaborating with Kate Cary, Victoria Holmes, and Tui Sutherland under the pen name of Erin Hunter.^[2]

Biography

Cherith was born in Lancaster, England, on January 21, 1947.^[7] She grew up on a farm, and it had cats who hunted mice, but were still friendly house pets.

After getting married, the first cat she obtained was a gray tom named Tomlyn. She and her husband got him while teaching at the University of Sierra Leone, and brought the cat with them when they returned to the UK.^[2]

She was married to the late Peter Baldry, a scientist.^[2] She had two sons named Will and Adam, who grew up in the company of a ginger and white cat named Schrodinger. Will and Adam are now grown up, and her husband has passed away, ^[2] so she currently lives alone in Reigate, England^[8] with her two cats Bramble and Sorrel. Her two cats have inspired characters in the Warriors series (Bramblestar and Sorreltail, respectively).^[9]

Quotes

"...When I’m working, Bramble comes and sits on my lap. Sorrel comes and sits on the work. They have their own secret lives as Brambleclaw and Sorreltail, and I love writing Warriors so that I can imagine a cat’s eye view of the world. There’ll always be something mysterious about cats, and that’s one of the reasons why I love them."^[10]

Warriors books

Other books

Saga of the Six Worlds

• The Book and the Phoenix (1989)^[36]
• Hostage of the Sea (1990)^[37]
• A Rush of Golden Wings (1991)^[38]
• The Carpenter's Apprentice (1992)^[39]
• Cradoc's Quest (1994)^[40]
• Rite of Brotherhood (1994)^[41]
• Storm Wind (1994)^[42]

Eaglesmount Trilogy

• The Silver Horn (2001)^[43]
• The King's Eyrie (2001)^[44]
• Lake of Darkness (2004)^[45]

Abbey Series

• The Buried Cross (2004)^[46]
• The Silent Man (2004)^[47]
• The Scarlet Spring (2004)^[48]
• The Drowned Sword (2005)^[49]

Seekers

• Great Bear Lake (2009)^[50]
• The Last Wilderness (2010)^[51]
• Spirits in the Stars (2011)^[52]
• Island of Shadows (2012)^[53]
• The Melting Sea (2012)^[54]
• Forest of Wolves (2014)^[55]
• The Burning Horizon (2015)^[56]
• The Longest Day (2016)^[57]

Novels

• Drew's Talents (1997)^[58]
• Mutiny in Space (1997)^[59]
• Exiled from Camelot (2000)^[60]
• The Reliquary Ring (2002)^[61]
• The Emerald Throne (2003)^[62]
• The Roses of Roazon (2004)^[63]

Trivia

• Her favorite characters in the Warriors series are Bramblestar, Dustpelt, and Leafpool.^[64]
• Her favorite book is The Darkest Hour.^[64]
• The first warrior name she came up with was Thistleclaw.^[9]
• Cherith wrote one book in a month, though it was hard work.^[9]
• During Erin Hunter Chat 2, Cloudtail and Brightheart is her favorite shipping.^[64] However, in Erin Hunter Chat 3, her favorite shippings are Leafpool/Crowfeather, Bramblestar/Squirrelflight, and Dustpelt/Ferncloud.^[65]
• If she could bring a cat into life, it might be Whitestorm or Yellowfang.^[64]
• It was hard for her to write the ending of Moonrise.^[64]
• If she could be a Clan cat, she would be in ThunderClan.^[64]
• Cherith's favorite books to write and read are either The Darkest Hour or Firestar's Quest and Into the Wild, respectively.^[64]
• Her favorite color is blue-green.^[65]
• In the third chat, she revealed that her favorite villain is Hawkfrost and favorite warrior name is Brightheart.^[65]
• Her favorite perspectives to write from are Squirrelflight and Leafpool's.^[65]
• Her favorite death to write was Darkstripe's.^[65]
• If she could make Ravenpaw into a warrior, she would name him Ravenwing.^[65]
• If she could be married to a Clan cat, she would choose Bramblestar.^[65]
• Both Kate and Cherith write for 6 hours a day.^[65]
• Her favorite Clan is ThunderClan.^[65]
• Out of the three main characters for The Broken Code, Cherith likes Rootpaw the most, and is happy to be following his journey in life.^[66]

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