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.

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.

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