Blog Tour: Mandy Hubbard!!

Okay, my next blog tour guest is the marvelous Mandy Hubbard, whose book Prada and Prejudice debuted on June 11. Let me tell you--this book is so adorable and funny and sweet. I loved it! If you haven't read it yet, GO GET IT.

Here’s a blurb about Prada and Prejudice:

Fifteen year old Callie just wants to impress the popular girls when she buys a pair of Prada heels on her class trip to London. She didn’t plan on tripping, conking her head, and waking up in 1815! Now she’s wearing corsets with her designer pumps, eating bizarre soups, and breaking up engagements. If only the nineteen year old Duke of Harksbury wasn’t so bloody annoying, she might have a little fun in Austen-Era England...

Aaaaaand, a little about author Mandy Hubbard:

Mandy Hubbard grew up on a dairy farm outside Seattle, where she refused to wear high heels until homecoming—and hated them so much she didn’t wear another pair for five years. A cowgirl at heart, she enjoys riding horses and quads and singing horribly to the latest country tune. She’s currently living happily ever after with her husband (who, sadly, is not a Duke) and her daughter (who is most definitely a princess). Prada and Prejudice is her first novel. Visit her online at http://www.mandyhubbard.com/.

You can visit your local bookstore, or go to Amazon HERE to buy a copy of her book online!

And now, onto the vastly important 3 interview questions:

1--What was the spark of inspiration for this story? Tell us what event, or idea, or dream got this book started.

I'd been reading regency romances for awhile, but I didn't identify with the prim and proper girls. I wanted a main character who thought more like me! So i decided to create my dream book: a modern girl in 1815.

2--What food did you looooove getting from the cafeteria at lunch in high school, and why? (or if you didn't eat cafeteria food, what was your favorite brown-bag lunch?)

My school cafeteria had a number of entrees for $1.25. My favorite was a gargantuan bean burrito. I'd get a mountain dew to go with it.

3--What is your absolute favorite part of being a writer?

The idea that for a moment, someone is living in a world I created, laughing at my jokes, falling in love with my heroes, sympathizing with my heroine... I still can't fathom that thousands of people are going to read this thing I wrote. Amazing!

Thanks for coming to my blog, Mandy--I hope a billion people run out and buy your awesome book!!