<strong>Denise Kiernan</strong> is an author, journalist and producer who has worked as a writer for more than 20 years.<br><br>Her last two books—<em>The Last Castle</em> and <em>The Girls of Atomic City</em>—were both instant <em>New York Times</em> bestsellers in both hardcover and paperback. <br><br><em>The Last Castle</em> was a <em>Wall Street Journal</em> bestseller, a finalist for the 2018 Thomas Wolfe Memorial Literary Award, and a finalist for the Southern Book Prize. <br><br><em>The Girls of Atomic City</em> was a<em> Los Angeles Times</em><em></em> and NPR bestseller, named one of Amazon’s “Top 100 Best Books of 2013,” and has been published in multiple languages.<br><br>Kiernan has been a featured guest on many radio and television shows, including NPR’s “Weekend Edition,” PBS NewsHour, MSNBC’s Morning Joe and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.<br>
