Jeannette Eyerly (June 7, 1908 – August 18, 2008) was an American 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,[1] starting with More Than a Summer Love in 1962, though she had published many short stories before that.
Eyerly earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Iowa in 1930.