author
M. E. (Michael E.) Knerr
1936–1999
A fast-working American paperback writer, he moved through science fiction, horror, and exploitation fiction with the rough energy of mid-century pulp publishing. His books range from offbeat cult titles like The Sex Life of the Gods to later mass-market work such as Sasquatch: Monster of the Northwest Woods.
1 Audiobook
The Sex Life of the Gods
by M. E. (Michael E.) Knerr
About the author
Born on May 31, 1936, Michael Edward Knerr was an American writer who published under several forms of his name, including Michael E. Knerr, M. E. Knerr, and Mike Knerr. Bibliographic sources connect him with Williamsport, Pennsylvania, and list his death in 1999.
Knerr wrote a string of paperback originals in the late 1950s and early 1960s, including science fiction and other low-budget genre fiction for publishers such as Monarch and Pinnacle. Later accounts of his career also note that after moving to Southern California in 1962, he wrote a number of adult-themed novels for small presses, reflecting the quick-turnaround world of pulp and paperback publishing.
He is probably best remembered today as a cult paperback author whose work survived through collectors, reprints, and audiobook and public-domain archives. Among the titles linked to him are The Sex Life of the Gods, The Violent Lady, and Sasquatch: Monster of the Northwest Woods.