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Yona Zeldis McDonough

Yona Zeldis McDonough
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Yona Zeldis McDonough

Yona Zeldis McDonough is the author of the novels THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS and IN DAHLIA’S WAKE. She is also the editor of the essay collections THE BARBIE CHRONICLES: A LIVING DOLL TURNS FORTY and ALL THE AVAILABLE LIGHT: A MARILYN MONROE READER.... Read full bio

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Q. What’s your greatest fear?
A. Tidal waves. Don't ask me why.
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My life in 8 words: "Reader, writer, mother, wife. Lover of small, yappy dogs."
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Excerpt 1 from The Barbie Chronicles
Dec 08, 2012
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Excerpt 1 from All the Available Light
Jul 20, 2012
The Barbie Chronicles is now available in eBook
Jan 11, 2011
The Barbie Chronicles will be released on January 11, 2011 in eBook
Jan 11, 2011
All the Available Light is now available in eBook
Jan 11, 2011
All the Available Light will be released on January 11, 2011 in eBook
Jan 11, 2011
Sep 22, 2009
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Chapter 1 from Breaking the Bank
Sep 12, 2009
Breaking the Bank is now available in Trade Paperback
Sep 08, 2009
Breaking the Bank will be released on September 08, 2009 in Trade Paperback
Sep 08, 2009
Breaking the Bank will be released on September 08, 2009 in eBook
Sep 08, 2009
Breaking the Bank is now available in Trade Paperback, eBook
Sep 08, 2009
Breaking the Bank is now available in eBook
Sep 01, 2009
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Yona Zeldis McDonough Revealed

Q. If you could be any person or thing, who or what would it be? A. A mermaid; why not? Q. What’s your greatest flaw? A. Impatience Q. If you could acquire any talent, what would it be? A. Ice skating. I tried--and failed miserably. Q. Who is your favorite fictional villain? A. Humbert Humbert in Lolita Learn more about Yona Zeldis McDonough

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Jewish Community Voice, January 23, 2013
...Midwestern Jewish suburbia and a study of these complex characters. JUDY: Moving from the Midwest to the East, Yona Zeldis McDonough’s “A Wedding in Great Neck” is a funny and moving book about family ties, love, and the yearning for...
PublishersWeekly.com, October 23, 2012
...Monster Detective Agency), Sudipta Bardhan Quallen (Hampire), Nick Bruel (Bad Kitty series), Mary Keefe Young (illustrator, Curious George), Yona Zeldis McDonough (The Doll Shop Downstairs), Danette Vigilante (The Trouble With Half a Moon), Torrey...
Huntington Patch, January 14, 2013
...Hoenig Deborah Ann Hurley Vincent Kelly Jackie Kramer Patricia Ruth Kresner Jim Lauter Karen Rae Levine Gene Ligotti Yona Zeldis McDonough Craig Quinn Sharon Pape Darrell W. Pone, MD Stepfanie (Sevi) Regis Donald Schaeffer Dr....
Sag Harbor Express, November 9, 2012
...Giancola Read. 5 p.m. Canio’s Books, 290 Main Street, Sag Harbor. Free. 725-4926. Author Talk with Yona Zeldis McDonough. 3 to 4:30 p.m. East Hampton Library, 159 Main Street, East Hampton. Free. 324-0222. Historian and Author Henry Osmers...
PublishersWeekly.com, October 23, 2012
...Monster Detective Agency), Sudipta Bardhan Quallen (Hampire), Nick Bruel (Bad Kitty series), Mary Keefe Young (illustrator, Curious George), Yona Zeldis McDonough (The Doll Shop Downstairs), Danette Vigilante (The Trouble With Half a Moon), Torrey...
Northport Patch, October 15, 2012
...Elwood Public Library, 1929 Jericho Tpke, East Northport, NY | Get Directions » FREE Yona Zeldis McDonough, author of fiction, non-fiction, essays, and award winning children's books, will be at Elwood Public Library to talk about her life as a...
The Week Magazine, October 13, 2012
...make you appreciate them in wholly new ways. All the Available Light: A Marilyn Monroe Reader edited by Yona Zeldis McDonough (Touchstone, $14). With contributions from Gloria Steinem, Joyce Carol Oates, Molly Haskell, Sir Laurence Olivier, and Clare...