Today I’m happy to welcome Kristina Springer to my blog, to answer a few questions about her debut novel The Espressologist. I haven’t had the opportunity to read this one myself yet, but I love the cute premise: a barista who matchmakes her customers based on their drink choices. (For the record, my husband and I both like chai lattes. Hopefully that means we are meant to be together!).

Q: Tell us about a scene or character from your novel that was especially easy (or especially difficult) to write.

A: The opening of the book was really easy to write. I remember sitting at Starbucks, trying to figure out how to start the book when this obnoxious guy came in was going bonkers oogling this girl. I started writing about him.

Q: What is your favorite (or one of your favorite) myths or fairy-tales, and why? Or alternately, what fairy-tale or myth do you dislike, and why?

A: I’ve always been a Cinderella fan. When my husband and I got married we had the horse and carriage, the castle wedding cake, glass slippers, and a groom’s cake in the shape of a storybook. I’m not sure why I’ve always been drawn to that story. Maybe it’s all that housework my mom made me do as a kid.

Q: So, what has been the most exciting part of selling your book(s) and getting published so far?

A: Signing advanced review copies of the book at ALA in Chicago was pretty freaking cool. That made it all seem very real. The day I got the ARCs was also pretty exciting. I recall dancing in the driveway with my books.

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?

About 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.

Learn more about Kristina at her website.

The Espressologist is available now! I encourage you to shop at your local independent bookstore!

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