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 Love Has Many Faces, Portia, Spiral and Long Walk Up (new book) and Love Pour Over Me's (on the market early 2010) author, Denise Turney, has over 36 years of writing experience. She is a professional author whose works have appeared in: Essence, Ebony, The Network Journal, 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 spoken at major festivals, conferences, colleges and universities. She is a newspaper
and magazine columnist and the editor of the hit literary periodical The Book Lover's Haven which you can subscribe to by clicking Subscribe BLH.
ART: Denise host the international radio program
Off The Shelf which airs on Blog Talk Radio live from 11AM-12PM on Saturday and 24/7 throughout the rest of the week.
To read from Denise's latest book, Click Here
Denise is a mother, a full-time writer and a co-founder 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. Her 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, 100 Most Admired African American Women, and various writing directories. She 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 fifth novel Love Pour Over Me early 2010!
Treat yourself to this writer's moving books!
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 and one of the city of Knoxville's leading cross-country runners.
After high school, Denise attended The University of Tennessee. 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 four years. She is a member of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Incorporated.
BACKGROUND: Denise Turney is the third cousin of Norris Turney, a jazz musician who played lead saxophone
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. Denise is the sister of Eric Turney, an actor and professional singer who makes his home Orlando, Florida. She is the sister Reverend Richard Turney, pastor of Rest Haven Baptist Church,
and Reverend Dr. Clark Turney, youth pastor and family counselor. Her sister and super good friend, Adrianne, is a retired police officer and current school teacher. 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. Her mother, Doris, passed when Denise was a young girl. Today she is Denise's angel, the person Denise thinks about whenever she sees a butterfly.
KEEP IN MIND: YOU are VERY important to Denise! She loves to hear from visitors to the site.
Denise encourages you to treat yourself with as much respect, love and tenderness that you would give to 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.
Long Walk Up (NEW BOOK!), Love Has Many Faces, Portia and Spiral and Love Pour Over Me are the beginnings of great works created by this exciting professional writer. To our customers - Thank you for supporting Denise's books!
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