His book, 'Culpeper's Herbal', is used as a source by the authors for the herbal remedies that the medicine cats use in the book. Nicholas Culpeper, a physician who used materials occurred in the natural world, has also had an influence on the 'Warriors' series. cite web|url=|title= Transcript Of Erin Hunter Chat |work=Wands and Worlds|accessdate=] Other influencing locations include Scottish Highlands and the Forest of Dean. New Forest, a forest in southern England, became the base for the forest where the story took place. There are some factors that influenced the book. cite web|url=|title=INTERVIEW: Erin Hunter|work=Writers Unboxed|accessdate=] Then Holmes did the editing for the novel. Once Holmes had finished writing down her ideas, she sent them to Kate Cary, who actually wrote 'Into the Wild'. This helped her overlook the fact that it was a fantasy, and let the characters flow through. Victoria Holmes decided to use human issues, like starting at a new school, falling in love when you shouldn't, being bullied by someone who you should look up to, and even knowing a deep secret that you only tell your friends. cite web|url=|title=Erin Hunter Chat #3 Transcript - part 1|work=Wands and Worlds|accessdate=] The reason for writing this book was that HarperCollins asked Victoria Holmes to write a story about wild cats, which she initially was not enthusiastic about. 'Into the Wild' was intended to be a single volume, but later changed to be the first book in a series. Themes in the book range from family to loyalty. The book was first published as a paperback in January 2003 in Canada, the USA, and the UK, and later in other formats and languages.

Factors influencing the novel include several locations, a physician, and others. The book was written because HarperCollins had asked Holmes to write a novel about cats. 'Into the Wild' was received well with critics and received third place in 2006 YRCA awards. The plot is centered around a young pet cat who leaves his 'Twolegs'(human owners) to join a clan of wild cats.

'Into the Wild' is the first book in the ' Warriors' series, written by Kate Cary and Victoria Holmes under the pen name of Erin Hunter. Media_type = Print ( Hardback & Paperback) cite web|url=|title=Warriors|work=www.warriorcats|accessdate=]ДЄuthor = Erin Hunter (Pen name of Kate Cary and Cherith Baldry ) Image_caption = First edition cover, featuring Firepaw in the center image.

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