 Marijane Meaker

Marijane Meaker (born May 27, 1927) is an American novelist and short story writer in several genres using different pen names.From 1952 to 1969 she wrote twenty mystery and crime novels as Vin Packer, including "Spring Fire", which is credited with launching the genre of lesbian pulp fiction (although few of Packer's books address homosexuality or feature gay characters).