Elena

That's my older twin's name in my memoir, which was released on Monday. She chose it. That's one more Elena with a significant role in a book.

::begins writing book with Quelena as MC::

I've had Elenas in my stories for twenty years. I don't know why! I may have known a few Elaines and Elainas in my life, but the spelling makes all the difference.

This particular Elena was born in early 2010. I've noodled with a few novel ideas since then, and she keeps showing up. Originally she wasn't going to be in this one at all, but I'm glad she stuck around. She's been useful.

So we should maybe start a private Elena club?

My Elena was born (in the Greek way, springing forth from my head) in the early 1990s. It's taken me awhile to figure out how to tell her story the way it deserves.

My book and short story had a character named Helena, but we switched it to Helen when she married Bob Hermann

Leena

My mc is Leena, by way of Magdalena.

In grade school Spanish class the teacher gave us all Spanish names - mine was Elena - does that count?