Kristen McGuiness

Kristen McGuiness is the author of Live Through This, and the bestselling memoir 51/50: The Magical Adventures of a Single Life, which was optioned by Original Films/CBS Cable with Alison Brie attached to star. She has over twenty years experience in book publishing, as an author, editor, and book publisher, with such houses as St. Martin’s Press, Simon & Schuster, and Harper Collins. Kristen is also the co-founder of Row House Publishing, along with President and Publisher Rebekah Borucki, and currently runs the book coaching company, Rise Writers, which provides book coaching and management for emerging and established authors. In 2023 Kristen launched Rise Books, which publishes fiction, non-fiction, and other works of radical inspiration. Kristen has appeared on the “TODAY Show,” in USA Today, and in Marie Claire, and has written for numerous publications, including Rolling Stone, Marie Claire, Shondaland, Huffington Post, Scary Mommy, Psychology Today, Salon, and The Fix. She lives in Ojai, CA with her husband, two children, and a dog named Peter.