About Susan

Susan R. Apps-Bod­il­ly is a retired edu­ca­tor who taught in ele­men­tary and mid­dle schools. She has a degree in Cur­ricu­lum and Instruc­tion and a Master’s Degree from UW-Madison. 

She is the author of One Room Schools, Sto­ries from the Days of 1 Room, 1 Teacher, 8 Grades and Seeds in Soil: Plant­i­ng a Gar­den and Find­ing Your Roots, as well as the co-author of two books with Jer­ry Apps: Old Farm Coun­ty Cook­book and Tim­ber! A North­woods Sto­ry of Lum­ber, Log­ging, and the Land (all pub­lished by Wis­con­sin His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety Press).

She appeared in a PBS Wis­con­sin tele­vi­sion show: Jer­ry Apps, Food and Mem­o­ries, that fea­tured the cookbook.

Susan encour­ages writ­ers of all ages to share their sto­ries. She lives in Madi­son, Wis­con­sin, and is avail­able to give pre­sen­ta­tions on top­ics relat­ed to her books to groups of all ages.