Leonard Tourney

Leonard Don Tourney (born 1942) is an academic and author. He is a professor at Brigham Young University, moving to that position after teaching at Western Illinois University, the University of Tulsa, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. A specialist in composition pedagogy and creative writing, Professor Tourney has authored scholarly articles in l7th century British literature, a critical biography of Joseph Hall, short fiction, and nine historical novels, the most recent a fictional memoir of William Shakespeare. He has written the series Joan & Matthew Stock.