Crossroads 2011: Kiki Hamilton (Plus Giveaway!)

Each day of The Crossroads Blog Tour, a new research question will be revealed on The Crossroad Blog Tour main page: http://judithgraves.com/events/the-crossroads-tour/crossroads-2011/ and each day the answer to that question will be found within one of the different blog posts by Crossroads Tour authors. Your job is to get the question, read the blog posts, and collect all answers by the end of the tour, on Halloween. 

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Tori: Do you have a pre-writing ritual? 
Kiki: Nope. I just dig in. I only write on my laptop now, so I can take it with me wherever I might be. I keep all of my notes, pictures, files, everything on my laptop, so everything I need is in one place. 
 
Tori: Coffee or tea? 
Kiki: Not really either, because coffee gives me migraines, but I do love it. As a substitute I’m totally hooked on Starbucks decaf mocha frappuccino’s – which are like a chocolate coffee milkshake. Yum! 

Tori: What is your favorite book? 
Kiki: The Harry Potter series is my favorite story, which, of course, spans seven books with one story arc. I LOVE Harry Potter.
 
Tori: What was the hardest part about coming up with the idea to your book? 
Kiki: Actually, this book was really easy to write. It only took me 30 days to write the first draft. I started with Tiki being a pickpocket in Victorian London and after she stole the Queen’s ring, I realized that others were after the ring and the story just sort of fell out of my head onto the page after that.

Thanks so much for having me over! xo Kiki

You can connect with Kiki via:
{Website} {Twitter} {Goodreads}

Check out the other author who has stopped by Book Faery today! 

{Read Angie Frazier's interview questions}

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Giveaway


Debut novelist Kiki Hamilton takes readers from the gritty slums and glittering ballrooms of Victorian London to the beguiling but menacing Otherworld of the Fey in this spellbinding tale of romance, suspense, and danger. 
The year is 1871, and Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross Station in central London. Their only means of survival is by picking pockets. One December night, Tiki steals a ring, and sets off a chain of events that could lead to all-out war with the Fey. For the ring belongs to Queen Victoria, and it binds the rulers of England and the realm of Faerie to peace. With the ring missing, a rebel group of faeries hopes to break the treaty with dark magic and blood—Tiki’s blood.
Unbeknownst to Tiki, she is being watched—and protected—by Rieker, a fellow thief who suspects she is involved in the disappearance of the ring. Rieker has secrets of his own, and Tiki is not all that she appears to be. Her very existence haunts Prince Leopold, the Queen’s son, who is driven to know more about the mysterious mark that encircles her wrist.
Prince, pauper, and thief—all must work together to secure the treaty…

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