Columnist/Young-Adult Novelist Jeannette Eyerly Dies at 100

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By: E&P Staff Author/columnist Jeannette Eyerly died Monday in Des Moines at the age of 100.

The award-winning Eyerly wrote 18 young-adult novels and two books of poetry in addition to co-writing a nationally syndicated column. A Des Moines Register obituary noted that the novels -- at least one of which was made into a TV movie -- dealt with serious issues such as drug abuse, suicide, divorce, teen pregnancy, and abortion.

She was married to the late Frank Eyerly, a former managing editor at the Register.

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