Love Has Many Faces, Portia, Spiral and Long Walk Up's (NEW BOOK!) author, Denise Turney, has 34 years of writing experience to her credit. She is a professional author whose works have appeared in: Essence, Ebony, Bahiyah Woman, Today's Black Woman, Parade, Sisters In Style, Your Church Magazine, Modern Dad Magazine, KaNupepa, The Trenton Times, Family Times, The Preacher's Magazine, Black Living, Princeton, New Jersey's Business and Entertainment Weekly - US 1, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Pif, Q, The Trenton State College Literary Review, North Carolina University's Literary Journal, Obsidian II and various other magazines and newspapers across the nation. She has appeared on radio and television stations around the United States. She has lectured extensively around the United States speaking at major festivals, conferences, colleges and universities. She is a newspaper and magazine columnist. She is the editor of the hit literary periodical The Book Lover's Haven which you can subscribe to by clicking Subscribe BLH.

ART: Denise is also the host of her own premiere international radio program "Off The Shelf" which airs on the Rainbow Soul Channel from 10-11AM (EST) Monday - Friday and at various times throughout the weekend at Blakeradio.com. To read from her latest book, Click Here

Denise is a mother and Human Resources Senior Specialist. She is a founding member of Bucks County Pennsylvania's first African American owned and operated drug and alcohol intervention program - No Longer Bound. She is a former volunteer in Big Brothers/Big Sisters. She is an entrepreneur, a businesswoman and a civic and community volunteer. Denise's memberships include: The National Women's Executive Association, Black Women Entrepreneurs, The Philadelphia Writer's Organization, The International Black Writer's Organization, and The International Women's Writing Guild. Denise is listed in Who's Who in America, 100 Most Admired African American Women, and various writing directories. Denise is the author of the New and emotionally gripping story - Long Walk Up, the author of the the historic mystery, Spiral, the author of the multicultural celebrity mystery, Love Has Many Faces and the author of the story of a successful defense attorney dealing with breast cancer - Portia. Look for her fourth novel What Have We Learned next year!

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EARLY YEARS: Denise attended South-Young High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. While there faculty voted her to be one of four students to attend Girls' State in Nashville. An outdoors, nature and sports lover, Denise was one of Tennessee's top high school milers. She was also one of the city of Knoxville's leading cross-country runners. After high school, Denise attended The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Knoxville. She served on active duty in the United States Navy from 1984 - 1988. While serving in the Navy, she earned two Navy Achievement Medals within the span of four years. She is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated. 

BACKGROUND: She is the third cousin of Norris Turney, a jazz musician who was a leading saxophonist in Duke Ellington's Orchestra. She is the great-granddaughter of Rueben Skinner, one of Ohio and Kentucky's early and top African American show horse trainers. She is the great-niece of, Dr. Dwight Pemberton, one of Dayton, Ohio's early independently successful African American dentists. She is the sister of Eric Turney, an actor and professional singer who makes his home Orlando, Florida. She is the sister of the pastor of Rest Haven Baptist Church, Rev. Richard Turney, in Tennessee and the sister of the Youth Pastor, Rev. Clark Turney, at one of the largest African American churches in Cedar Bluff. Denise is the daughter of Richard Turney, a pioneer and reportedly the first African American to successfully own and operate a business in South Knoxville. 

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Denise is a woman who believes that the greatest person YOU will ever know is YOU. She encourages you to treat yourself with as much respect, love and tenderness as you would your very best friend. Her favorite scriptures are: "he persevered because he saw him who is invisible." -- Hebrews 11:27b (NIV) , "You need to persevere so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised." -- Hebrews 10:36 (NIV) and Psalm 23. 

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