Biography
Kate Cary was born outside Birmingham on 4 November 1967. She wrote her first book when she was four years old, and has been enthusiastic about writing ever since. She attended King Edward VI High School for Girls in Edgbaston, later moving to Surrey to study History at London University. After leaving the University, she began sending her books to publishers, regularly being rejected. Eventually she discovered a small publisher who hired her to write "how to" books, and activity books. In 1992, she moved to Scotland, with her son, Joshua, being born in 1997.
Later, in 2001, Cary sent a writing sample to Victoria Holmes at Working Partners. Holmes asked her if she would like to work on the Warriors series where she'd share the work with author Cherith Baldry and Holmes herself, to keep up with the publisinhg schedule. Since then, she's said that Loch Lomond gave her the inspiration for ThunderClan's territory.
Another book published under her name - Bloodline - was written in 2005.
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