Berniece Iona Terry Hiser (April 6, 1908 – January 5, 1995) was an American writer and schoolteacher.
[1] At age 70, Hiser published Quare Do's in Appalachia: East Kentucky Legends and Memorats (Pikeville, Kentucky: Pikeville College Press, 1978), a collection of folktales, ghost stories, and tales she collected.
[5] Many of the stories involve members of her family, including the tale of how her grandmother Sally Wilder Frost was named by Col. John Hunt Morgan.
[citation needed] This book was reviewed by Appalachian Journal[6] and Kentucky Folklore Record.
[7] She also wrote a children's book, set in Kentucky during the American Civil War, The Adventure of Charlie and His Wheat-straw Hat: A Memorat illustrated by Mary Szilagyi (1986).