Teri Kanefield

Teri writes novels, short stories, essays, stories for children, and nonfiction for both children and adults.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's books have received the following honors and distinctions:The Girl From The Tar Paper School:--California Reading Association Eureka Silver Honor Book Award--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 books to read in 2014--A Junior Library Guild selectionRivka'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. SilverGuilty? Crime, Punishment, and the Changing Face of Justice--Junior Library Guild selectionTeri lives in California by the beach.