Ina Yalof has been writ­ing books and arti­cles about such diverse sub­jects as med­i­cine, sci­ence, reli­gion, and hap­pi­ness, for over 30 years. Her books include the acclaimed oral his­to­ry Life and Death: the Sto­ry of a Hos­pi­tal, What It Means to Be Jew­ish, How I Write, and What Hap­py Women Know. Yalof’s arti­cles have appeared in numer­ous nation­al pub­li­ca­tions, includ­ing GQ, Harper’s Bazaar, and New York Mag­a­zine. She lives�”and eats�”in New York City