KRISTEN MCGUINESS works in fundraising for a Los Angeles nonprofit serving low-income children, youth, and families. Before she was paid to hang out with four-year-olds, she worked in publishing for St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, and HarperCollins (via the office of Judith Regan), and in film as a junior creative executive. Her first screenplay, The Betty, was optioned last year. She spends her free time with horses, shamans, and people who used to drink.