Mia P. Manansala, author portrait
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Mia P. Manansala

Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is an award-winning writer and book coach from Chicago who loves books, baking, and badass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture. A lover of all things geeky, Mia spends her days procrastibaking, playing JRPGs and dating sims, reading cozy mysteries and diverse romance, and cuddling her dog.
Death and Dinuguan
Death in the Cards
Guilt and Ginataan
Murder and Mamon
Blackmail and Bibingka
Homicide and Halo-Halo
Arsenic and Adobo

Tue Dec 02
Bel Canto Books
2106 E 4th St
Long Beach, CA 90814-1003
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Books

Death and Dinuguan
Death in the Cards
Guilt and Ginataan
Murder and Mamon
Blackmail and Bibingka
Homicide and Halo-Halo
Arsenic and Adobo

Events

Tue Dec 02
Bel Canto Books
2106 E 4th St
Long Beach, CA 90814-1003
Google Map

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