Shockproof Sydney Skate

American writer who, along with Tereska Torres, was credited with launching the lesbian pulp fiction genre, the only accessible novels on that theme in the 1950s. Pen names and subjects: - M.E. Kerr - young-adult fiction - Vin Packer - mystery and crime novels, including Spring Fire. - Ann Aldrich - nonfiction books about lesbians - Mary James - books for younger children.