 Kerr again addressed homosexuality in 1997's ""Hello," I Lied", about a young man who finds himself pulled in multiple directions.In the 1990s, Meaker added the pen name Mary James for a series of novels aimed at readers younger than the Kerr readership; it was not until 1994, after the publication of the third Mary James novel, that the covers indicated that the author was also known as M. E. Kerr.Mary James books include "Shoebag", "The Shuteyes", "Frankenlouse" and "Shoebag Returns".