Teri --- a lawyer and author --- writes novels, short stories, essays, stories for children, nonfiction for both children and adults, and lots of legal briefs.

 

Her recent books for young readers include THE GIRL FROM THE TAR PAPER SCHOOLl, and GUILTY? Crime, Punishment and the Changing Face of Justice. Both books were named Junior Library Guild Selections. Her first novel, RIVKA'S WAY, was a Sydney Taylor Awards Notable Book.

 

Her stories and essays have appeared in publications as diverse as Education Week, Scope Magazine, The Iowa Review, The American Literary Review, and Cricket Magazine.

 

Teri lives in California near the beach.

Teri Kanefield

• Website: www.terikanefield.com/