{"id":40,"date":"2024-07-20T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T17:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shanimking.com\/author\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2026-03-24T03:11:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T03:11:17","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shanimking.com\/author\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"40\" class=\"elementor elementor-40\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d7f84fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d7f84fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22573ab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"22573ab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23ac05d elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"23ac05d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fcd8bd4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fcd8bd4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shani M. King<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1af2131 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1af2131\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Children&#8217;s Book Author<\/strong><\/p><p data-start=\"243\" data-end=\"712\">Shani M. King is the multiple award-winning children\u2019s book author of <em data-start=\"313\" data-end=\"335\">Have I Ever Told You<\/em> (2019) and <em data-start=\"347\" data-end=\"388\">Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter<\/em> (2021),\u00a0<em data-start=\"739\" data-end=\"841\">Finding Rebecca: The Forgotten Life of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, America\u2019s First Black Female Doctor<\/em>\u00a0(2024), and the upcoming picture book\u00a0<em data-start=\"1003\" data-end=\"1030\">You Are My Favorite Story<\/em> (with N. Jeremi Duru and illustrated by John Jay Cabuay). Shani is a children\u2019s rights lawyer by training and teaches law at Rutgers Law School. When he\u2019s not teaching or writing, he\u2019s with his two children\u2014who inspire his books\u2014and his brilliant, kind wife. 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