Teri Kanefield

Teri Kanefield is an American attorney, award-winning author, and social media commentator on legal matters of public interest. A graduate of the University of California Berkeley School of Law, she specialized for twelve years in representing indigent clients on appeal from adverse rulings (a focus she often brings to her legal commentary). She passed the California bar in 2003. Her legal analyses have appeared in ''The Washington Post'', ''NBC News'', CNN, and other major media outlets.

Kanefield has written over a dozen books most of them children's books and biographies. She is a recipient of the Jane Addams Children's Book Award (2015) for ''The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement'', the California Young Reader Medal (Silver Honor), the Grateful American Foundation (Honorable Mention), and the Sydney Taylor Book Award (Older Readers, Notable), etc.

Born in St. Louis, Missouri, she resides in San Luis Obispo, California. Provided by Wikipedia