{{Short description|American lawyer and writer}} '''Teri Kanefield''' is an American attorney and author.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/strengthening-our-democracy-teri-kanefield-how-keep-democracy-alive|title=Strengthening Our Democracy: Teri Kanefield on How to Keep Democracy Alive|date=March 27, 2019|website=The University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy|access-date=September 28, 2023|archive-date=November 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112041955/http://harris.uchicago.edu/news-events/news/strengthening-our-democracy-teri-kanefield-how-keep-democracy-alive|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=overdrive>{{Cite web|url=https://www.overdrive.com/creators/743438|title=Teri Kanefield|website=OverDrive|access-date=2023-09-28|archive-date=2023-09-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928154112/https://www.overdrive.com/creators/743438|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://slate.com/author/teri-kanefield|title=Teri Kanefield|website=Slate Magazine|access-date=2023-09-28|archive-date=2023-01-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127181811/https://slate.com/author/teri-kanefield|url-status=live}}</ref> She passed the California bar in 2003.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.martindale.com/attorney/teri-ann-kanefield-14186071/|title=Teri Ann Kanefield Profile | Sacramento, CA Lawyer | Martindale.com|website=www.martindale.com}}</ref> Her legal analyses have appeared in ''The Washington Post'',<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/search/?query=Perspective+Teri+Kanefield |title=Perspectives by Teri Kanefield |access-date=2024-04-24 |newspaper=The Washington Post }}</ref> ''NBC News'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/search/?q=%22Teri+Kanefield%22|title=Teri Kanefield analyses in THINK: Opinion, Analysis, Essays |access-date=2024-04-24 |website=NBC News}}</ref> CNN,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/opinions/romney-nonsense-on-amash-mueller-kanefield/index.html|title=Romney's astonishing nonsense about Amash and Mueller|first=Teri|last=Kanefield|date=May 21, 2019|website=CNN|access-date=September 28, 2023|archive-date=January 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230130140306/https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/21/opinions/romney-nonsense-on-amash-mueller-kanefield/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and other major media outlets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://terikanefield.com/pubs/|title=Publications |website=terikanefield.com |access-date=April 16, 2024}}</ref>
Kanefield has written fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults.<ref name=overdrive /> ''The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement'' (2014) won the Jane Addams Children's Book Award<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.janeaddamschildrensbookaward.org/all-books/ |title=Jane Addams Children's Book Awards, 1953-2024 |access-date=April 16, 2024 |website=Jane Addams Children's Book Award |date=26 August 2020 }}</ref> and Orbis Pictus Award<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncte.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/OP_Winners_2015-Present.pdf |title=NCTE Orbis Pictus Award Outstanding Nonfiction for Children Past Winners 2015-Present |access-date=April 25, 2024 |website=National Council of Teachers of English }}</ref> in 2015. Other awards include the Sydney Taylor Book Award (Notable) for ''Rivka's Way'' in 2001<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://jewishlibraries.org/sydney_taylor_book_award/ |title=Sydney Taylor Book Award All Past Winners |website=Association of Jewish Libraries |access-date=2024-04-25 }}</ref> and the Grateful American Foundation (Honorable Mention)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gratefulamericanfoundation.org/2018-grateful-american-book-prize-winner-announced/|title=2018 Grateful American Book Prize Winner Announced|date=September 20, 2018|website=Grateful American® Foundation|access-date=September 28, 2023|archive-date=December 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206074009/https://gratefulamericanfoundation.org/2018-grateful-american-book-prize-winner-announced/|url-status=live}}</ref> for ''Andrew Jackson'' which is part of her six book series ''The Making of America''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07BTPKG23?binding=paperback&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_bs_series_rwt_tpbk&qid=1714058128&sr=1-5 |title=The Making of America (6 book series) |author=Teri Kanefield |website=Amazon |access-date=2024-04-25 }}</ref>
Kanefield's 2024 book, ''A Firehose of Falsehood: The Story of Disinformation'', is named after the firehose of falsehood propaganda technique autocratic politicians use overwhelm and confuse their citizens and thus gain and retain power. The book reviews the history and tactics of this method of spreading disinformation through modern times.<ref name=Blenski2024>{{cite magazine |title=A Firehose of Falsehood: The Story of Disinformation |last=Blenski |first=Peter |magazine=The Booklist |location=Chicago |volume=120 |issue=11 |date=February 1, 2024 |page=36 |id={{ProQuest|2920245317}} }}</ref> It highlights the propaganda tactics of Hitler and Mussolini, connecting historical disinformation to modern examples, such as Vladimir Putin’s use of social media to influence U.S. politics and Donald Trump’s rise through repeated falsehoods. Drawing on insights from scholars, the book ends with practical strategies, referred to as "raincoats", for resisting disinformation and strengthening democracy.<ref name=Alverson2024>{{cite journal |title=Democracy And Citizenship: Graphic Novels Bring Principles Of Government And Politics To Life |last=Alverson |first=Brigid |journal=School Library Journal |location=New York |volume=70 |issue=1 |date=January 2024 |page=28 |id={{ProQuest|2908764552}} }}</ref>
In 2025 she wrote ''Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights'', which examines the Bill of Rights, describing each of the ten amendments and relevant court cases associated with them.<ref name=Rawlins2025>{{cite journal |title=Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights |first=Sharon |last=Rawlins |journal=The Booklist |location=Chicago |volume=121 |issue=17/18 |date=May 1–15, 2025 |page=78 |id={{ProQuest|3203975743}} }}</ref> The Bill of Rights is presented as a tension between rights and equality, rooted in its origins as a compromise between Federalists and anti-Federalists. It explores the contradictions within the Bill of Rights, noting it was crafted by enslavers and only grew more inclusive through the efforts of marginalized communities.<ref name=Kirkus2025>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/teri-kanefield/rebels-robbers-and-radicals/ |title=Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights {{!}} Final verdict: insightful, thought-provoking, and timely. |work=Kirkus Reviews |date=March 8, 2025 |access-date=May 19, 2025 }}</ref> Born in St. Louis, Missouri,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://terikanefield.com/bio/|title=More About Me}}</ref> {{as of|2023|lc=yes}} she resides in San Luis Obispo, California.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lawyer.com/teri-kanefield.html|title=Teri Kanefield|website=www.lawyer.com}}</ref>
==Books (selected)== * {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UnGhlrjpQq4C |title=Rivka's Way |date=2001 |publisher=Front Street/Cricket Books |isbn= 9780812628708 }}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Rivka's Way / Dave At Night / Stolen Words |last=Cummins |first=June |work=MELUS |volume=27 |issue=2 |date=Summer 2002 |pages=237–245 |id={{Proquest|203694441}} }}</ref> * {{cite book |url=https://school.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=39935&a=1 |title=The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement |date=2014 |publisher=Abrams |isbn= 9781613125175 }}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/usa-today-black-history-still-stirs-the/190898402/ |title=Black history still stirs the young |first=Bob |last=Minzesheimer |work=USA Today |date=February 13, 2014 |via=newspapers.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=The Girl from the Tar Paper School: Barbara Rose Johns and the Advent of the Civil Rights Movement |last=Lowery |first=Ruth McKoy |journal=Language Arts |location=Urbana |volume=93 |issue=2 |date=November 2015 |pages=144, 146 |id={{Proquest|1732764864}} }}</ref> * {{cite book |title=The Extraordinary Suzy Wright: A Colonial Woman on the Frontier |publisher=Harry N. Abrams |date=2016 |isbn=978-1-4197-1866-3}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/lnp-always-lancaster-colonial-pas-suz/190898658/ |title=Colonial Pa.'s 'Suzy Wright' gets long-deserved book |first=Jack |last=Brubaker |work=LNP Lancaster |date=December 15, 2024 |pages=[https://www.newspapers.com/article/lnp-always-lancaster-colonial-pas-suz/190898658/ C1],[https://www.newspapers.com/article/lnp-always-lancaster-scribbler/190898532/ C2] |via=newspapers.com }}</ref> * {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ps1FDwAAQBAJ |title=The Making of America: Andrew Jackson |date=2018 |publisher=Abrams |isbn=9781683352952 }} * {{cite book |title=The Making of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt | publisher=Harry N. Abrams |date=2019 |isbn=978-1-4197-3402-1}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/american-press-the-making-of-america-fr/190898167/ |title=The Making of America: Franklin D. Roosevelt |first=Donna |last=Price |work=American Press |location=Lake Charles, LA |date=September 29, 2019 |via=newspapers.com }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Franklin D. Roosevelt by Teri Kanefield (review) |last=Bush |first=Elizabeth |journal=Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books |volume=73 |issue=3 |date=November 2019 |page=127 |id={{Proquest|2312879340}} }}</ref> * {{cite book |others=Illustrated by Pat Dorian |date=February 13, 2024 |title=A Firehose of Falsehood: The Story of Disinformation |publisher=First Second Books |isbn=9781250790439 }}<ref name=Blenski2024/><ref name=Alverson2024/> * {{cite book |title=Rebels, Robbers, and Radicals: The Story of the Bill of Rights |date=May 20, 2025 |publisher=Abrams Books for Young Readers |isbn=978-1-4197-6826-2 }}<ref name=Rawlins2025/><ref name=Kirkus2025/>
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==External links== *[https://terikanefield.com/ Website & Blog] *[https://mastodon.social/@Teri_Kanefield Mastodon account] *[https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/695879.Teri_Kanefield Bibliography] *[https://terikanefield.com/bio/ Literary Honors & Distinctions]
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