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SUMMARY:An Evening with Mia Manansala
LOCATION:Santori Library\nSantori Library
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DESCRIPTION:Award-winning author Mia Manansala uses humor (and murder) to 
 explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora\, queerness\, and pop culture. Sh
 e'll discuss writing inspiration and advice for aspiring authors..\nhttps:
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Mia P. Manansala (MAH-nahn-sah-lah\; liste
 n to pronunciation&nbsp\;here) (she/her) is a writer and book coach from C
 hicago who loves books\, baking\, and bad-ass women. She uses humor (and m
 urder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora\, queerness\, and her m
 illennial love for pop culture.</p>\n<p>She is the winner of the 2022 Anth
 ony Award for Best First Novel\, 2022 Macavity Award for Best First Novel\
 , 2022 RUSA Reading List for Mystery\, 2021 Agatha Award for Best First No
 vel\, 2018 Hugh Holton Award\, the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction
  Writers of Color Award\, the 2017 William F. Deeck - Malice Domestic Gran
 t for Unpublished Writers\, and the 2016 Mystery Writers of America/Helen 
 McCloy Scholarship. She was shortlisted for the 2021 Goodreads Choice Awar
 d for Mystery/Thriller and the 2021 CHIRBy Award for Fiction by the Chicag
 o Review of Books. She's also a 2017 Pitch Wars alum and 2018-2020 mentor.
 </p>\n<p>A lover of all things geeky\, Mia spends her days procrastibaking
 \, playing RPGs and otome games\, reading cozy mysteries and diverse roman
 ce\, and cuddling her dogs Gumiho and Max Power.</p>\n<p><a href="https://
 auro.na4.iiivega.com/search?query=%22Tita%20Rosie%27s%20Kitchen%20Mystery.
 %22&amp\;searchType=series&amp\;pageSize=10">Author of Tita Rosie's Kitche
 n Mysteries series&nbsp\;</a></p>\n<p><a href="https://www.miapmanansala.c
 om/">Check out her website here</a></p>\nhttps://aurora.libnet.info/event/
 10194448
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