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Love Has Many Faces, Portia, Spiral and Long Walk Up's (Denise's NEW BOOK!) author, Denise Turney, has 34 years of writing experience to her credit. Denise was 10 years old and reading a book of poetry by Chicago's poet laureate, Gwendolyn Brooks, when the Creator made plain to Denise that she was a writer. Denise's younger sister, Adrianne, is the one who brought the book of poetry by Gwendolyn Brooks home from the school library at Flennigan Elementary in Knoxville, Tennessee. Oddly enough, Adrianne never read the book of poetry. She simply ran upstairs and told Denise, "Look what I found at the school library," then she left the bedroom Denise and she shared as children. The book lay on the bed. After a few minutes, Denise picked the book of poetry up. She started to read. The characters leaped off the pages. Denise stopped reading after awhile. A powerful feeling came over her. Denise had a spiritual/inner knowing at that very second. It was that day that Denise Turney took hold of her Creator given gift. This year marks Denise Turney's 34th year as a writer.

Denise has truly been blessed to see the fruit of her use and sharpening of her God given gift. Readers have been encouraged to gain the victory over major illnesses. Readers have been inspired to go after their dreams. Readers have been encouraged to let go of division, racism and begin to love themselves and others. One reader decided to forgive after reading Denise's book Spiral. Hearing from readers about how they enjoyed, were entertained by and made loving changes in their own lives while or after reading one of her books, is one of Denise's greatest rewards for writing. Currently, Denise is working with the second largest educational publisher to create and write a book series for ESL students and teachers. For Denise writing has been an unspeakable blessing. Denise truly thanks our Creator for this awesome gift and for continuing to work with her to sharpen her craft and add goodness to people's lives.

To tell you more about Denise, her 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 including the nationally syndicated radio show - The Bev Smith Show (formerly of BET). Denise 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.

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 Specialist. She is one of the founding members 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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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. 

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 Adrianne Daniels, retired police officer and school teacher in Ohio; Eric Turney, an actor and professional singer who makes his home Orlando, Florida. She is the sister of the pastor of Rest Haven Missionary Baptist Church, Rev. Richard Turney, in Tennessee and the sister of Rev. Clark Turney, minister at New Covenant Baptist Church in Tennessee. Denise attends Norton Avenue First Baptist Church where Reverend James G. Evans III is the pastor. Visit Norton Avenue online at - www.nortonavenuebaptistchurch.bravehost.com then visit us offline at 5723 Norton Avenue in Bristol, Pennsylvania.  

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Denise is a woman who believes that the greatest person YOU will ever know is YOU. Denise believes that our lack of truly knowing who we are is a key to our discomfort and that only our Creator (the very source that created us) truly can tell and show us who we are. It is therefore that Denise believes that the greatest relationship or connection that we will ever have (and that nothing can take the place of) is our relationship or connection with our Creator, with our eternal inner, spiritual selves and with one another and all living beings. It all connects and flows in balance with LOVE.

Denise 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. Denise Turney truly knows that without God she could do nothing. Denise Turney is doing great things!

Long Walk Up, Love Has Many Faces, Portia and Spiral are the beginning of many great works created by this exciting professional writer. To our customers - Thank you for supporting Denise's books!

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