Shani M. King is Professor of Law and the Martha L. Minow Scholar at Rutgers Law School, as well as a children's rights lawyer. He earned degrees from Harvard Law School, Brown University, and Oxford University. King is the multiple award-winning author of Have I Ever Told You (2019) and Have I Ever Told You Black Lives Matter (2021), the latter praised by The New York Times Book Review, Entertainment Weekly, the San Francisco Chronicle, and Booklist. He is also the editor of The Oxford Handbook of Children's Rights Law (2020 Oxford University Press). His most recent children's book, Finding Rebecca: The Forgotten Life of Dr. Rebecca Lee Crumpler, America's First Black Female Doctor, was hailed by Kirkus Reviews as "a study in perseverance-both that of the book's subject and the author who unearthed her story.

" Originally from Brookline, Massachusetts, King now lives in Montclair, New Jersey, with his wife and two children, who inspire his work.