ABOUT TERI KANEFIELD
Since the age of sixteen, I have worked as a waitress, fast-food worker, sales clerk, department store gift wrapper, secretary, sign language interpreter for the deaf, kindergarten teacher, college English instructor, fiction workshop instructor, freelance editor, and lawyer.
In 1991, I published my first short story, "The Power of Secrets," in The Writers Forum, a literary magazine formerly published by the University of Colorado. I have since published more than a dozen short stories and essays in such periodicals as The Iowa Review, Education Week, The American Literary Review, The Recorder, The Macguffin, and others.
I hold a law degree from the University of California at Berkeley, a master’s in English with an emphasis in fiction writing from the University of California at Davis, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. As you might guess, I like school. I’m also fond of libraries.
My law practice is currently limited to appeals. I accept clients only through the Central California Appellate Project and Appellate Defenders Inc., non-profit law firms dedicated to improving the quality of indigent representation in criminal, juvenile, dependency, and mental health appeals.
I have a son, two stepchildren, and a husband who has lived on three continents. I live with my family in Sacramento, California.