Born and raised in the segregated south back during the times when blacks weren't allowed to dream, or expect miracles to happen, Johnny Bodley as a result of some of the horrific, impoverished and poor conditions surrounding him back in the day, became a thug child. He spent many of his childhood days and years in the county jail in Selma, Alabama. But yet, he always believed that God put him on earth not just to be a poor child, but for a major reason. One that has taken him nearly his entire lifetime to figure out. And during the course of his troubled childhood life he never abandoned that belief, and because of the many life ending situations that he found himself in and survived, he knows for sure now that his every step was being ordered by God. He was  asked once what changed him and why did he become a writer? His answer: God! Mr. Bodley has always believed that God gave him the strength and ability to change himself. During the course of his travels he feels that God led him to a place where he was so desperately needed. A place where there were thousands of young people that were in many of the same horrible situations that he'd been in. He believe that God made him wise enough to realize that he had a story to tell, a testamony, and that it could save a life, or bring a soul to Him. And understanding this Johnny realized that he'd been truly blessed with many talents, and that just maybe writing was one of them. So with a little encouragement from an incarcerated (locked up) teenager back in nineteen ninety four he started out on this journey of being a writer. Mrs. Eula Mae Bodley, (Ma'dear) his Mother, has had the biggest influence on his life and all that he has and will achieve. She is the most wonderful and loving person that he knows. On December 16, 2000 she took that flight to heaven. He truly realizes that one never really knows just how precious a Mother is until she's gone. He will always and forever love and cherish the memory of his loving Mother and will always devote much of his writing experience, as well as the rest of his life honoring that very beautiful, precious and wonderful woman. And even though she's not physically here with him anymore, he knows she's with him at all times and will be with him always in spirit. He realize now that he could have never loved or appreciated her enough. "Rest in peace ma'dear, my Queen! You are greatly missed even more as time goes by." PS,"Your only boy is a published author now, and the music career is looking bright! It's happening!" "And no matter how high I get I'll still be looking up to you, and will never ever forget that little old house on Franklin Street in Selma, where we began in poverty but grew in riches." Love you!

Johnny Bodley/Eyes JB, has published his first book "These Eyes" The Autobiography of A Once Notorious "Po' Bad Boy", As well as a second piece,"Saving Gray." He has appeared on the "Trinity Broadcast Network" (TBN) The Praise The Lord program, and the Kip Tyner television show. A book of short stories "If I Should Die Tonight" (The Untold Stories)has recently been published. It includes the highly acclaimed "Lil' Flick", "Bad Girls", "Happy Birthday To Me", "Prom Night Diva's", and the very personal and touching teen tear jerker "Good Bye Lonely Girl" (The Genell Swoops Story). It is currently available at your favorite book stores and can be ordered online at www.xlibris.com, www.barnesandnoble.com, www.amazon.com, and www.eyesjb.com, and other online sites everywhere.