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Jun 07, 1908 Died on 18 Aug 2008 (aged 100)
American writer
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About Jeannette Eyerly
- Jeannette Eyerly (June 7, 1908 – August 18, 2008) was a writer of young adult fiction for girls and a columnist.
- She was a pioneer in dealing with controversial topics in novels for young people.
- Among the themes that appeared in her books were teenage pregnancy, alcohol abuse, and drug use.
- She penned eighteen novels, starting with More Than a Summer Love in 1962, though she had published many short stories before that.
- Her 1977 novel, He's My Baby, Now was the basis for an ABC television movie.
- She also wrote two books of verse.Born Jeannette Hyde in Topeka, Kansas to Robert Cornelius Hyde and Mabel Jeannette Young, she married Frank Eyerly in 1932.
- Eyerly earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1930.
- Her papers are archived at the University of Iowa.
