Blog Tour: Kristina Springer!!

Okay, my last 2009 Debut blog tour guest is Kristina Springer, whose book The Espressologist debuted on October 27. I am so excited to read this one!

Here’s a blurb about The Espressologist:

What’s your drink of choice? Is it a small pumpkin spice latte? Then you’re lots of fun and a bit sassy. Or a medium americano? You prefer simplicity in life. Or perhaps it’s a small decaf soy sugar-free hazelnut caffe latte? Some might call you a yuppie. Seventeen-year-old barista Jane Turner has this theory that you can tell a lot about a person by their regular coffee drink. She scribbles it all down in a notebook and calls it Espressology. So it’s not a totally crazy idea when Jane starts hooking up some of her friends based on their coffee orders. Like her best friend, Em, a medium hot chocolate, and Cam, a toffee nut latte. But when her boss, Derek, gets wind of Jane’s Espressology, he makes it an in-store holiday promotion, promising customers their perfect matches for the price of their favorite coffee. Things are going better than Derek could ever have hoped, so why is Jane so freaked out? Does it have anything to do with Em dating Cam? She’s the one who set them up! She should be happy for them, right?

Aaaaaand, a little about author Kristina Springer:

Kristina Springer has a Bachelor of Arts in English Education from Illinois State University and a Master of Arts in Writing from DePaul University. Her first novel, THE ESPRESSOLOGIST, was published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux on October 27, 2009. Her second novel, MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS, also from FSG, will be published in the fall of 2010. She lives in a suburb of Chicago, IL with her husband Athens and their four small children Teegan, Maya, London, and Gavin. Visit her online at http://www.kristinaspringer.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 was sitting in the local Starbucks with the hubs one day and it sorta hit me that I could tell what kind of coffee drinks people were going to order from observing them. I thought ooooh-- I should write a book and call it Espressology. I was thinking nonfiction at this time. Then I thought no -- a fiction book and have a barista be the Espressologist using this information. So, you know that became my lucky table and I wrote the entire book from that same table in the Starbucks.

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?)

The giant chocolate chip cookie because it was yum.

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

Happy readers. I love getting the nice notes from people who enjoyed the book.

Thanks for coming to my blog, Kristina--and I hope you celebrated your release with style!