Light-Horse Harry
Idella Bodie retired as a high school English and Creative Writing teacher from South Aiken High School after teaching for 31 years. She has been writing for young readers for more than thirty years. Her first book, The Secret of Telfair Inn, published in 1971 by Sandlapper Publishing is still in print. She is now the author of 22 books for older elementary and middle school students that involve South Carolina history and geography. Some of Mrs. Bodie s books are used in schools across South Carolina having been incorporated into school curriculums. Most recently, she has completed a series about heroes and heroines of the Revolutionary War.