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Mia P Manansala


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Mia P. Manansala (MAH-nahn-sah-lah) (she/her) 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.She is the winner of the 2018 Hugh Holton Award, the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award, the 2017 William F. Deeck - Malice Domestic Grant for Unpublished Writers, and the 2016 Mystery Writers of America/Helen McCloy Scholarship. She's also a 2017 Pitch Wars alum and 2018-2020 mentor.​A lover of all things geeky, Mia spends her days procrastibaking, playing JRPGs and dating sims, reading cozy mysteries, and cuddling her dogs Gumiho, Max Power, and Bayley Banks (bonus points if you get all the references).​Her debut novel, ARSENIC AND ADOBO, comes out May 4, 2021 with Berkley/Penguin Random House and is the first in the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series.Find her on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram: @MPMtheWriter​
 

Awards: Macavity (2022), Anthony (2022), Agatha (2022)  see all

Genres: Cozy Mystery, Young Adult Fiction
 
New and upcoming books
Series
Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery
   1. Arsenic and Adobo (2021)
   2. Homicide and Halo-Halo (2022)
   3. Blackmail and Bibingka (2022)
   4. Murder and Mamon (2023)
   5. Guilt and Ginataan (2024)
   6. Death and Dinuguan (2025)
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Novels
   Death in the Cards (2025)
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Awards
2022 Macavity Award for Best First Novel : Arsenic and Adobo
2022 Anthony Award for Best First Novel : Arsenic and Adobo
2022 Agatha Award for Best First Novel : Arsenic and Adobo

Award nominations
2024 Barry Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Murder and Mamon
2022 Lefty Award for Best Debut Mystery Novel (nominee) : Arsenic and Adobo
2022 Barry Award for Best Paperback original (nominee) : Arsenic and Adobo


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The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club (2025)
(Hu Done It Mystery, book 1)
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"The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club has it all: wacky shenanigans, heartfelt vulnerability, and a cleverly plotted murder. Throw in the most ride-or-die friendship ever and you get a book I could NOT put down. Such a fun read!"
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Detective Aunty (2025)
(Kausar Khan Investigates, book 1)
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"A read as cozy and delicious as a cup of chai, Kausar Khan proves aunties get stuff done. I already loved Jalaluddin's romances and now I've found a new favorite cozy mystery series as well!"

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