艾琳·杭特

艾琳·亨特（英语：Erin Hunter）为数名作家所使用的共同笔名。

成员

成员包括：

凯特·卡里

基立·鲍德卓

维多利亚·霍姆斯，任编辑(现已不参与)。

杜依·苏特兰，撰写荒野手册。

吉琳恩‧菲利普

茵芭莉‧伊西尔斯

萝西‧贝斯特

作品

猫战士系列

熊行者系列

狗勇士系列

虎勇者系列（作着中）

龟武士系列（计划中）

Erin Hunter is a collective pseudonym used by authors affiliated with HarperCollins publishing company and Working Partners, a London-based firm. The affiliated writers include Victoria Holmes, Kate Cary, Cherith Baldry, Clarissa Hutton, Inbali Iserles, Tui T. Sutherland, Rosie Best, Conrad Mason, and Michael Ford in the writing of several children's fantasy novel series which focus on animals and their adventures. Notable works include the Warriors, Seekers, Survivors, Bravelands, Bamboo Kingdom, and Renegades book series. For each book, Holmes creates the plot and the others take turns writing the books. Dan Jolley, though not an official Erin Hunter author, also writes the stories for manga published under the Hunter name. James L. Barry, Bettina M. Kurkoski, and Don Hudson are included under the pseudonym as the illustrators of the Warriors manga. Natalie Riess, Sara Goetter, and Sammy Savos are also included as the illustrators of the graphic novel adaptation of The Prophecies Begin and The New Prophecy, as well as Gibson Twist, who wrote for some of the graphic novel adaptations.

History

In 2003, HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a fantasy series about feral cats, but, not being a reader of fantasy, she was less than enthusiastic despite her love of animals, including cats. After writing one storyline, Kate Cary was brought in to write the book as Holmes went behind the scenes to supervise details and edit the book. When the third Warriors book, Forest of Secrets, was being drafted, Cherith Baldry joined the Erin Hunter team. Tui T. Sutherland wrote the first Warriors field guide and became the fourth person under the name.

The name "Erin Hunter" was chosen for several reasons. If the authors used all of their own names, the books would be placed in different locations in a library, making them hard to find. Additionally, they wanted to pick a surname that would place the books very close to the Redwall series by Brian Jacques, which is a book series with a similar plot to Warriors. One of the authors suggested "Hunter", and the others felt that it was "perfect", because not only did it place the book series close to Jacques, but it evokes the image of a cat. Victoria Holmes suggested 'Erin' because it was one of her favorite names, and it was accepted for being a strong Celtic name and "not particularly girly".

Authors

Victoria Holmes

Victoria Holmes was born in Berkshire, England. Holmes was the creator of Warriors, being the person whom HarperCollins originally requested to write it. After inviting Kate Cary to do the actual writing of the series, she moved behind the scenes to help edit and supervise details.

Holmes grew up on a farm in England. Later, she attended the University of Oxford, whose buildings "inspired an interest in history". She now lives in London, where she works as the editor for the series.

In 2011, the Bookperk website ran a special for signed copies of Sign of the Moon. Because Erin Hunter is not a real person, these books were instead signed by Victoria Holmes.

Following a diagnosis of cancer in 2017, Holmes stepped back from her involvement in Warriors.

Kate Cary

Kate Cary was the first author brought on board to write for the Warriors series. Holmes chose Cary to write the first Warriors book after Holmes had finished the storyline. She has written many of the books in the main arcs, as well as several Super Editions.

She was born in England on 4 November 1967. She later moved to Scotland where she lived for 12 years before going back to England, where she currently resides. Besides the Warriors series, she has also written the book Bloodline, and its sequel, Reckoning.

In late 2024, Cary left the Erin Hunter team to focus on other projects.