Shana Knizhnik (born August 22, 1988[1]) is an American lawyer and author from Philadelphia.[2] She is best known for her New York Timesbestselling book,[3]Notorious R.B.G.: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, co-written with MSNBC reporter Irin Carmon.[4]
While attending NYU Law in June 2013, Knizhnik started the blog Notorious R.B.G. in response to several dissenting opinions authored by Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[12] The blog quickly went viral and gained media attention within its first few days.[13] Knizhnik created Notorious R.B.G. shirts to go along with the blog, of which she sold roughly 2,000 within the first two months.[14]
In January 2015, it was announced that Knizhnik would co-author a biography of Justice Ginsburg with Irin Carmon, to be titled Notorious R.B.G.: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.[15] The book was released in October 2015[16] and debuted at No. 7 on The New York TimesBest Seller list.[3] In 2017, The book was named one of the top ten books for the 2017 Amelia Bloomer Book List (now Rise: A Feminist Book Project).[17] The book was also nominated for the 2016 Alex Award[18] and the 2019 YALSA Excellence in Nonfiction Award,[19]
Carmon and Knizhnik appear in the 2018 Oscar-nominated[20] documentary, RBG.[21]
She was the Consulting Producer on the 2023 Emmy-nominated[23] documentary feature, Every Body, about the history of medical treatment of intersex people and the intersex rights movement.[24]
^Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) (January 11, 2016). "Alex Awards 2016 Nominees". American Library Association. Retrieved April 29, 2021.
^Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) (February 8, 2019). "2019 Nonfiction Award Nominations". American Library Association. Retrieved April 29, 2021.