Carlson, Dale. "Smack: Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack." The New York Times Book Review 7,1 (February 11, 1973): Carson reviews Kerr's Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack, calling it "brilliantly funny." He states that "few writers succeed as well as Kerr in trying to characterize the peculiar poignancy and the terrible hilarity of adolescence."

Janiczko, Paul. "An Interview with M. E. Kerr." The English Journal (December 1975): 26. Kerr responds to a series of questions about her early life, her interests, and her writing habits.

Kerr, M. E. Me, Me, Me. New York: Harper, 1983. In this autobiography, Kerr reveals her real-life experiences.

She describes diverse escapades ranging from her first kiss to her first publication. She describes some of the personalities from her real life that later became the bases for characters in some of her novels.