Denise Kiernan (born July 31, 1968) is an American journalist, producer and author who lives in Asheville, North Carolina.

[3] Kiernan graduated from the North Carolina School of the Arts with an emphasis in music.

Additionally, she has authored several popular history titles and has ghost written books for athletes, entrepreneurs and actresses.

Her most recent book, The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold Story of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, traces the story of the women who worked on the Manhattan Project, unknowingly helping to create the fuel for the world's first atomic bomb.

The Girls of Atomic City became a New York Times best seller in its first week of publication.