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  <name><![CDATA[Kristina Springer]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[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, will be published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux October 27, 2009. Her second book, MY FAKE BOYFRIEND IS BETTER THAN YOURS, will be published in 2010. She lives in a suburb of Chicago, IL with her husband Athens and their four small children Teegan, Maya, London, and Gavin.]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Meg Cabot, Lauren Myracle]]></influences>      <born_at>10/27/1975</born_at>    
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Espressologist]]></title>
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