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.

and onto the cindy interview!

1. who is your literary character crush?

Usually whoever I’m writing about at the time.
For The Espressologist, it was Cam.

2. who is your author crush? (does not have to
be romantic!)

I can’t recall ever having an “author crush” but Meg
Cabot and Lauren Myracle are my all-time fav YA authors!

3. what is your favorite pastry?

Pain au chocolat

mm! one of my favorites too! great
w an americano or latte! =D

4. what is the favorite scene from your novel?

The last one. I loooooooove the ending.

Thanks for having me Cindy!

thanks for stopping by, tina! and congratulations
on your debut!!

to learn more about kristina : kristinaspringer.com

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