KELLY MCMASTERS loves fascinating people, homes, and books, and she proves it this issue with her profile of jewelry designer Joan Hornig (page 38) and feature on interior designer Tessa Bakker’s 1701 Hudson Valley fieldstone (page 118). Kelly has written for Domino, The New York Times, Time Out New York, and Metropolis, and moonlights as a creative writing teacher at Columbia University, where she received her MFA in non-fiction. Her memoir, Shirley, is due out in March 2008 from PublicAffairs