In the Forests of the Night critics. The title refers William Blake's poem "The Tyger", which appears in the beginning of the book. Atwater-Rhodes' second book, "Demon in My View", was published in 2000 when she was 16 and is the sequel to "In the Forests of the Night". "Persistence of Memory", published in 2008, makes mention and appearance of the main character's brother. According to Atwater-Rhodes' official site, The Den of Shadows, "In the Forests of the Night" is one of seven novels that she had finished writing and is only the first she ever published. The inspiration for the novel came from an assignment
In the Forests of the Night on May 11, 1999, about a month after she signed her contract. It was later released in paperback on May 8, 2000. After the release of her Kiesha'ra Series, Atwater-Rhodes revealed that the first four novels she wrote, "In the Forests of the Night", "Demon in My View", "Shattered Mirror" and "Midnight Predator", were part of the Den of Shadows and "In the Forests of the Night" was republished in paperback with a new cover to mark the series in July 2009, while all four books were released in an omnibus called "The Den of Shadows Quartet" on August 11,