M'E' Kerr Marijane Meaker

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M.E. Kerr(Marijane Meaker)
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Known for

• prolific career - over 55 books
• humor
• ear for dialogue
• creative character names
• champion of underdogs, misfits, outcasts
• eye-catching titles

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Biography

• 1927 Marijane Meaker
• born in Auburn, NY
• 1943-45 Attended Stuart Hall
• boarding school
• 1949 Graduated University
• of Missouri

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Biography

• 1949-1973 lived in New York City
• 1951 sold her first story
• 1972 M.E. Kerr was born
• moved to East Hampton,
• Long Island

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AKA
Vin Packer suspense and mystery novels
Ann Aldrich lesbian relationships
Mary James childrens books
Laura Winston short stories
Eric Rantham McKay
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Why So Appealing?

• light, humorous tone
• underdogs usually triumph
• realistic characters
• vivid memories of childhood
• male character point of view

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Styles and Themes

• characters based on real people
• creative names and wordplay
• champion of the underdog
• appearances can be deceiving

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Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! (1972)
Tucker Woolf Natalia Line P. John Knight Dinky
Hocker Nader the Cat Jingle Bell
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Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack! (1972)

• Do you feel unwanted, in the way, and the cause
  of everyones misery?

Are you talked about behind your back and plotted
against?
If you know how a loser feels and want to help,
call MAIN 4-8415.
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Gentlehands (1978)

• Buddy Boyle
• Skye Pennington
• Hate-filled Country Club

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Gentlehands (1978)

• Is evil conducted by someone next door, or by
  someone so distant we dont recognize them?

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What Became of Her (2000)
Peale
E.C. Tobbit
Serenity
Evans Above
Dr. Darwin Duke
Mrs. Slaymaster
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What Became of Her (2000)

• What effect do past experiences and generations
  have on our present-day lives?

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Empathy for the Underdog

• 1994 Hearing Us Out Voices from the Gay and
  Lesbian Community
• Deliver Us From Evie, Night Kites, Hello I Lied
• Ann Aldrich
• Highsmith A Romance of the 1950s

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Job Satisfaction

• A kid wrote saying,
• Dear M.E. Kerr, we were forced
• to read you in English class.
• What more could a writer ask for
• than a captive audience?

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More Information

• mekerr.com
• Me Me Me Me Me Not a Novel