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
HMS Tyger barge was sunk and several men wounded, but none of the "Tyger"'s crew were killed. Preparations were made to leave Garden Key. The salvaged sloop was repaired, and one "periagua" was lengthened and rigged as a schooner. On 19 March the crew of the "Tyger" boarded the sloop, the schooner rigged "periagua", the yawl, the two other "periaguas" and the canoe, and set sail for Port Royal. The canoe capsized and sank after only two days, but its crew were rescued by one of the other boats. The little fleet rounded the western end of Cuba and reached the Cayman