Cherith Baldry
Residence
Current:	Reigate, England[1]
Past:	Lancaster, England[2]
Awards
She earned an honor award-First prize, London Calling magazine competition, for short story, "Happiness Inc."; Nottingham and Notts Drama Association Award.[3]
Date of Birth
21 January 1947[4]
Close Family
Children:	Will, Adam
Novels
Warriors Series:	The Sun Trail, Thunder Rising, Forest of Secrets, A Dangerous Path, The Darkest Hour, Midnight, Moonrise, Starlight, Twilight, Sunset, Outcast, Long Shadows, Sunrise, The Fourth Apprentice, Sign of the Moon, Firestar's Quest, SkyClan's Destiny, Yellowfang's Secret
Other Novels:	See here

Cherith Baldry (born in Lancaster, England) is a writer of fantasy fiction. ^[5] Baldry collaborates with Kate Cary, Victoria Holmes, and Tui Sutherland under the pen name of Erin Hunter, writing the Warriors book series.^[6]

BiographyEdit

Cherith was born in Lancaster, England, UK, on 21 January 1947.^[7]. Cherith grew up on a farm and worked with house cats.

For a while, she took up the job of teaching, but gave up in order to become a full time writer.^[8] She was married to the late Peter Baldry, a scientist.^[9] She had two sons named Will and Adam.^[10] Will and Adam were adults when Cherith's husband died.^[11]

She currently lives alone in Reigate, England,^[12] with her two cats, Bramble and Sorrel, who inspired characters in the Warriors books (Bramblestar and Sorreltail, respectively)^[13]

Warriors BooksEdit

• Forest of Secrets
  
• A Dangerous Path
• The Darkest Hour
• Midnight
• Moonrise
• Starlight
• Twilight
• Sunset
• Outcast
• Long Shadows
• Sunrise
• The Fourth Apprentice
• Sign of the Moon
• Firestar's Quest
• SkyClan's Destiny
• Yellowfang's Secret
• The Sun Trail
• Thunder Rising

Other BooksEdit

Eaglesmount TrilogyEdit

• The Silver Horn (2001)
• The Emerald Throne (2001)
• The Lake of Darkness (2004)

Abbey SeriesEdit

• The Buried Cross (2004)
• The Silent Man (2004)
• The Scarlet Spring (2004)
• The Drowned Sword (2005)

SeekersEdit

• Great Bear Lake (2009)
• The Last Wilderness (2010)
• Spirits in the Stars (2011)

NovelsEdit

• The Book and the Phoenix (1989)
• A Rush of Golden Wings (1991)
• Storm Wind (1994)
• Cradoc's Quest (1994)
• Drew's Talents (1997)
• Mutiny in Space (1997)
• Exiled from Camelot (2000)
• The Reliquary Ring (2002)
• The Roses of Roazon (2004)

TriviaEdit

• Her favorite characters in the Warriors series are Brambleclaw, Dustpelt, and Leafpool.^[14]
• Her favorite book is The Darkest Hour.^[14]
• The first warrior name she came up with was Thistleclaw.^[13]
• Cherith wrote one book in a month, though it was hard work.^[13]
• During Erin Hunter Chat 2, Cloudtail and Brightheart is her favorite shipping.^[14] However, in Erin Hunter Chat 3, her favorite shippings are Leafpool/Crowfeather, Brambleclaw/Squirrelflight, and Dustpelt/Ferncloud.^[15]
• If she could bring a cat into life, it might be Whitestorm or Yellowfang.^[14]
• It was hard for her to write the ending of Moonrise.^[14]
• If she could be a Clan cat, she would be in ThunderClan.^[14]
• Cherith's favorite books to write and read are either The Darkest Hour or Firestar's Quest and Into the Wild, respectively.^[14]
• Her favorite color is blue-green.^[15]
• In the third chat, she revealed that her favorite villain is Hawkfrost and favorite warrior name is Brightheart.^[15]
• Her favorite perspectives to write from are Squirrelflight's and Leafpool's.^[15]
• Her favorite death to write was Darkstripe's.^[15]
• If she could make Ravenpaw into a warrior, she would name him Ravenwing.^[15]
• If she could be married to a Clan cat, she would choose Brambleclaw.^[15]
• Both Kate and Cherith write for 6 hours a day.^[15]
• Her favorite Clan is ThunderClan.^[15]

References and CitationsEdit