Articles by Yona Zeldis McDonough

Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of five novels, the most recent of which, Two Of A Kind, was published in September by New American Library.  She is also the author of twenty-one books for children and the editor of two essay collections.  Her short fiction, essays and articles have appeared in the New York Times, Harper‘s Bazaar, and Cosmopolitan; McDonough is the Fiction Editor at Lilith Magazine.  Visit her website and check out her book at Amazon.

How Hating My Name Made Me a Better Namer
Tue Oct 08 2013

How Hating My Name Made Me a Better Namer

Growing up with a name she hated made Yona Zeldis McDonough think verrrry carefully when it came to naming her children and the characters in her books.