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SUMMARY:An Evening with Mia P. Manansala: Pygmalion
LOCATION:The Urbana Free Library\nThe Urbana Free Library
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a reading and book signing with mystery author Mia
  P. Manansala as part of Pygmalion 2022!  This author visit is generously 
 sponsored by The Urbana Free Library Foundation..\nhttps://urbanafreelibra
 ry.libnet.info/event/7000356
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Mia P. Manansala (she/her) is a certified 
 book coach and the author of&thinsp\;<em><a href="https://cucatalog.org/po
 laris/search/searchresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type=Advanced&amp\;t
 erm=%22arsenic%20and%20adobo%22&amp\;relation=ALL&amp\;by=TI&amp\;bool4=AN
 D&amp\;limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=2">Arseni
 c and Adobo</a></em>\, which garnered starred reviews from Library Journal
 \, Publishers Weekly\, Booklist\, and Shelf Awareness\, and has won multip
 le awards. The <em>New York Times</em> stated\, &ldquo\;Manansala peppers 
 the narrative with enough red herrings to keep readers from guessing the k
 iller\, but the strength of the novel is how family\, food and love intert
 wine in meaningful and complex ways\,&rdquo\; which are common themes in h
 er writing. The sequel\, <em><a href="https://cucatalog.org/polaris/search
 /searchresults.aspx?ctx=6.1033.0.0.1&amp\;type=Advanced&amp\;term=%22homic
 ide%20and%20halo-halo%22&amp\;relation=ALL&amp\;by=TI&amp\;bool4=AND&amp\;
 limit=TOM=*&amp\;sort=RELEVANCE&amp\;page=0&amp\;searchid=3">Homicide and 
 Halo-Halo</a></em>\, is out now.</p>\n<p><br />She is&thinsp\;the winner o
 f the 2022 RUSA Reading List for Mystery\, 2021 Agatha Award for Best Firs
 t Novel\, 2021 Chicago Reader&rsquo\;s Best New Novel by a Chicagoan\, 201
 8 Hugh Holton Award\, the 2018 Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers 
 of Color Award\, the 2017 William F. Deeck - Malice Domestic Grant for Unp
 ublished Writers\, and the 2016 Mystery Writers of America/Helen McCloy Sc
 holarship.</p>\n<p><br />A lover of all things geeky\, Mia spends her days
  procrasti-baking\, playing JRPGs and dating sims\, reading cozy mysteries
  and diverse romance\, and cuddling her dogs Gumiho and Max Power.</p>\n<p
 >Books will be available to purchase at the reading.</p>\n<p><em>This even
 t is generously funded by <strong>The Urbana Free Library Foundation</stro
 ng>.</em></p>\nhttps://urbanafreelibrary.libnet.info/event/7000356
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