QUESTION 1
How can I contact you?
The best way to contact me is on IG or Email. I reply when I can and I try to read every email. chris@mistoferchristopher.com
QUESTION 2
How did you get the name Mistofer Christopher?
I wanted a fun name. Does Chris Miller sound like fun? I would like to think I bring sunshine but just hearing Chris Miller unless you know me doesn’t ring the fun doorbell. I have a dear friend, Dan Black, who is a wonderful artist and writer. See his work @ www.danielpblack.com . When I used to visit with him he would say: “Hello Mistofer Christopher!” I love it. It stuck.
QUESTION 3
What books did you read as a child?
Books were like candy in our house so every few months there would be a new set of goodies to chew. The Black Stallion series by Walter Farley. Irish Red Series by Jim Kjelgaard.
QUESTION 4
What magazines did you read growing up?
The staple magazines in our house throughout my childhood into adulthood were: The Watchtower, Awake Magazine www.jw.org and National Geographic. For different age periods there was Cricket, Highlights and Ranger Rick.
https://rangerrick.org
QUESTION 5
Tea or Coffee?
A cup of tea, usually Earl Gray. But if not Coffee, light and sweet, from Cranberries in Brooklyn Heights.
QUESTION 6
If you could live anywhere in the world where would you live?
Alaska, British Columbia, Austria. Can you figure out the common denominator?
QUESTION 7
How old is Mistofer Christopher?
Mistofer Christopher stopped aging at 23. I’m somewhere between 23 and 1,000,000,000 minutes old.
QUESTION 8
What is your pet peeve/weakness?
Paper just is attracted to me and sticks to me and then I slowly turn into a paper monster.
QUESTION 9
What’s the most beautiful place in the world that you have visited?
Banff National Park https://www.banfflakelouise.com
QUESTION 10
What is your monster?
My monster was a new train named Choo-Choo. Look out for a blog coming soon about him. There are others but I’m afraid to say them out loud. Are you afraid of saying your fears out loud because they may come and get you?
QUESTION 11
What was the first movie you ever saw?
The Black Stallion https://www.netflixmovies.com/the-black-stallion-1979
QUESTION 12
What is the first book you ever wrote?
I was 8 maybe 9 years old and I loved horses. (See question 11) So I decided to write a book about horses. I used navy blue construction paper to make the cover and I used 8.5 by 11 lined paper. I stapled it to keep it together. I am looking for it because I have it somewhere in my active volcano called Mount Paper.
QUESTION 13
Words of Wisdom
My great-aunt who is 93 always says: “Honey, you can’t go to the store and buy a spoon full of love.”
QUESTION 14
What led you to writing.
My dad was a teacher. Books were candy in our house. He would read bedtime stories to us.
QUESTION 16
What is your next project?
My next book will be on another monster, procrastination, unless you have a supercool idea then I will change gears and lanes. Send me your ideas. IG mistofer_christopher or chris@mistoferchristopher.com
QUESTION 15
What is your favorite food?
Ox tail with peas and rice and three fried sweet plantains on the side, Jamaican style. I will blog about my top ten. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1013460-jamaican-oxtail-stew (obviously I am not going to give you my mom’s secret deliciousness recipe)
QUESTION 17
What is your favorite quote?
If you wan good your nose have fe run. wisejamaican.com/if-yu-waan-good-yu-nose-haffi-run
QUESTION 18
What is your favorite vegetable?
Rib eye steak.
QUESTION 19
What is the craziest thing you have ever eaten?
1998, Melbourne Australia. Braised Kangaroo at a restaurant on Flinders street near the train station. https://www.visitmelbourne.com/regions/melbourne/things-to-do/history-and-heritage/heritage-buildings/vv-flinders-street-station
QUESTION 20
What else do you do in your life?
I give tours at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as well as New York City, I share in a voluntary community educational work with JW.org. I love, love, love to travel. You can see my adventures on IG @mistofer_christopher & IG @touristinmytown. I’ll tell you more later about what I like to do.
QUESTION 21
Brawta
http://jamaicanpatwah.com/term/Brawta/1189#.W75D1neZORs
Send me your questions at chris@mistoferchristopher.com