Kristen McGuiness

Kristen McGuiness was born in Easton, Connecticut, but spent her childhood in Dallas, Texas. She left the Lone Star State to attend Hamilton College in New York. After college, she worked in the book industry at St. Martin's Press, Free Press, and for Judith Regan at Harper Collins. Kristen also spent time in film development and as an assistant to a top-Hollywood agent. The last few years, she has worked as a fundraising manager for a Los Angeles-based non-profit. Her first book 51/50: The Magical Adventures of a Single Life will be published in September 2010 by Soft Skull Press.