Teri Kanefield

I started out teaching English at the college and university level while writing novels, short stories, and children’s books. Then I went to law school, dedicated my law practice to defending people who could not afford to pay, kept writing books, took a detour into writing legal analysis for The Washington Post and other mainstream media outlets, wrote more books, and here I am.

My books have won the following awards and distinctions:

Alexander Hamilton

--A Junior Library Guild selection

Andrew Jackson

--Honorable Mention, Grateful American Book Award

Firehose of Falsehood

--Named by the New York Public Libraries one of the best new graphic books for adults.

Girl from the Tar Paper School

--Jane Addams Peace Association, Children’s Book Award for Older Readers, 2015

--Carter G. Woodson Middle-Grade Level Book Award, 2015

--California Reading Association Eureka Silver Honor Book Award

--Included on the 2015 list of Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young Readers compiled by the National Council for Social Studies

-Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children (National Association of Teachers of English), Recommended Book

-Included in the New York Public Library’s list of 100 children’s books to read in 2014.

-Named a Distinguished Book by The Association of Children's Librarians of Northern California

-A Junior Library Guild selection

Guilty?

-A Junior Library Guild selection

Rivka's Way

-Sidney Taylor Book Awards, Notable book of 2001

-Lilith Magazine’s 5th Annual Selection of Books for Young Readers

-Included in Great Books for Girls, by Kathleen Odean

-Included in Best Jewish Books for Children and Teens, by Linda R. Silver