author : Heather HavrileskyHeather Havrilesky was a TV critic at Salon for seven years. She has written for New York magazine, The New York Times Book Review, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times Magazine, Bookforum, The New Yorker, and NPR's All Things Considered. Her books include the memoir Disaster Preparedness and How to Be a Person in the World: Ask Polly's Guide Through the Paradoxes of Modern Life.