Mia Manansala (She/Her)

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Mia P. Manansala (MAH-nahn-sah-lah) is a writer and book coach from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness and her millennial love for pop culture. "Blackmail and Bibingka" is her latest novel.

A lover of all things geeky, Manansala spends her days procrastibaking, playing video games, reading cozy mysteries and diverse romance, and cuddling her dogs Gumiho and Max Power.

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Awards: Macavity Award, Anthony Award, Agatha Award

Communities: LGBTQ+, Asian American

A Vacation to Die For

Meet Ellery Adams, Amina Akhtar and Mia Manansala, whose books describe vacations and celebrations gone wrong. Very, very wrong.

Student Union Sabino (Seats 87)  
Sat, Mar 4, 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Mystery / Thrillers
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA BookStore Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Ellery Adams, Amina Akhtar, Mia Manansala
Moderator: Iona Whishaw

Three Ways to Look at Food

As our authors will prove here this morning, there are lots of ways to look at food ... and food writing. In this session, we'll choose from a menu that includes books by a historian, a biographer, and a writer of mysteries. Mmmmm, good!

UA Mall Tent (Seats 250)  
Sun, Mar 5, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Multigenre
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - Central Mall (following presentation)  

Panelists: Mia Manansala, Alex Prud'homme, Lizzie Stark
Moderator: Edie Jarolim

Books:

Blackmail and Bibingka

Mystery / Thrillers
Penguin
January 2022
ISBN 9780593201718
288 pages

Homicide and Halo-Halo

Mystery / Thrillers
Penguin
January 2022
ISBN 9780593201695
304 pages