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Mia P. Manansala
@mpmthewriter.bsky.social
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Author of the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series; DEATH IN THE CARDS (May 13, 2025)
Filipino American 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈
She/her
https://linktr.ee/mpmthewriter
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My YA debut, DEATH IN THE CARDS (out May 13) is now the first in a series, and I've sold the sequel, MURDER UNDER THE FULL MOON (out Fall 2026) 🔥🌕💀

Shout out to @michitrota.bsky.social for introducing me to the world of firespinning & helping w/ my research. You're the best! 😘
Screenshot of Publishers Marketplace Deal Report MURDER UNDER THE FULL MOON by Mia P. Manansala Imprint: Delacorte Mia P. Manansala's MURDER UNDER THE FULL MOON, the next book in the Danika Dizon Mystery series, in which a teen private detective/tarot reader goes undercover at a Burning Man-esque retreat to find out who is targeting members of the community after a series of "accidents" leads to another teen's murder, to Bria Ragin at Delacorte, for publication in fall 2026, by Jill Marsal at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (world).
January 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Breaking my social media hiatus to share something super exciting: I sold a YA mystery that I pitched as a queer, Brown Veronica Mars!

Keep an eye out for DEATH IN THE CARDS (Summer 2025) 💀🃏

Can't wait for you all to meet Danika Dizon, my tarot-reading, queer Fil-Am teen detective 🇵🇭🏳️‍🌈🕵🏽‍♀️
Bria Ragin at Delacorte has acquired, in an exclusive submission, Death in the Cards by Mia P. Manansala, pitched as "Veronica Mars but starring queer, brown girls." In this YA debut, high school tarot reader Danika Dizon's latest client goes missing after a troubling reading; when the client's younger sister blames her for the disappearance, Danika must apply everything she's learned from her private investigator mother and mystery author father to solve her first case. Publication is slated for summer 2025; Jill Marsal at Marsal Lyon Literary Agency did the deal for world rights.
November 17, 2023 at 3:34 AM
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I love this so much 😂

Maybe your new bud can become the bard's animal companion
Screenshot of a post that says Bard: I'm starting to feel left out here. The paladin has a horse, the Ranger has their wolf, the druid has a freakin bear! I want an animal companion! DM: Okaaaay...what animal were you thinking? Bard: well... Picture of a packaged toy called "Jazz Crabs " with Crabs holding saxophones
October 13, 2023 at 3:33 PM
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🌟 Happy MURDER AND MAMON Release Day 🌟

Huge thanks to everyone that's helped me get this far. Bc of all my wonderful supporters, I've released 4 books, had my series extended & am able to live my dream full-time. It's never been easy, but it's sure as hell been worth it.

Maraming salamat 😘
Filipino American woman in a beige t-shirt and light green face mask holding up a paperback copy of Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala. She is standing inside a bookstore and smiling with her eyes.
September 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM
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The first ebook in the award-winning Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery Series is on sale this week for only $1.99 in the U.S. and Canada!

If you like Filipino food, Only Murders in the Building, and humorous mysteries, you should definitely check out this book!

www.bookbub.com/books/arseni...
A graphic with a picture of a tablet featuring the book cover for Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala in the middle. At the top it says, $1.99 for a limited time only. Below the picture it says Berkley (the publisher)
August 28, 2023 at 8:21 PM
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Lol I love the way this lined up in my timeline bc for a hot second, I thought @scalzi.com was talking about Jean Claude Van Damme's ass (and Bloodsport) too

(Which honestly, hard agree about dat 🍑 & Bloodsport)
Screenshot of Blueskies reading from top: Merritt k: Jean-Claude Van Damme's ass in Bloodsport Reply from Trungles: chefs kiss hand emoji Below that, quote skeet from Scalzi: it's beautiful to look at, the action scenes are well done and it has one of the best film scores of the last fifteen years
August 27, 2023 at 3:57 AM
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My portable air purifier arrived in time for my trip to Bouchercon! Hoping it also helps me deal with Chicago's shit air quality bc my lungs/allergies are NOT having it 😒

Shout out to @runwithskizzers.bsky.social for posting hers and sharing the link: pureenrichment.com/products/pur...
Hand holding box for Purezone mini portable air purifier (blue version)
August 25, 2023 at 8:37 PM
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Picture of a dial labeled "oof size " with the options bring small, medium, and large. The dial points to large and on the side is a mustachioed man in profile with his eyes squeezed closed and lips puckered as if making the "oof" sound
August 7, 2023 at 8:01 PM
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🌟 FIT FOR THE GODS is out today! 🌟

THE FURIES DETECTIVE AGENCY is my take on the Furies and the story of Elektra and Orestes. As a crime writer, I think about revenge & justice a lot. What those words really mean, esp when you come from a marginalized background.

(It's also Hades AU fanfiction 😅)
Cover for Fit for the Gods: Greek Mythology Reimagined, edited by Jenn Northington and S. Zainab Williams is in the center of the graphic. Above it says "Out now!" And below it is "the furies detective agency by Mia P. Manansala "
August 1, 2023 at 9:10 PM
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The book covers for my Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series are all designed by Vi-An Nguyen and I love them so much 🥰
Book cover for Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala. Illustration of a a brown skinned Filipino American woman (only visible from the nose down) seasoning a wok full of chicken adobo. The wok has flames in the front, with a bowl of rice on the right and a bottle with a skull and crossbones on it to the left. There is a brown Dachshund perched on the woman's shoulder Book cover for HOMICIDE AND HALO-HALO by Mia P. Manansala. The background is a light green and in the foreground to the right is a Filipino American woman with only half of her face showing. She's wearing long yellow earrings with a charm dangling from the end in the shape of the Filipino sun. She's holding a cracked glass full of halo-halo. To the left is a brown dachshund standing on her hind legs with a glittery tiara in her mouth Book cover for BLACKMAIL AND BIBINGKA by Mia P. Manansala. The background is a deep purple. To the left is a Filipino American woman with long dangly earrings looking down at a brown Dachshund wearing a Santa hat. The dog is looking at red wine dripping down from a knocked over bottle on a table above it. On the table is a plate of bibingka and a glass of red wine. There are multicolored star lanterns at the top Book cover for Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala. The background is pink and on the left is a Filipino American woman in profile. She has shoulder length wavy black hair and has dangly sampaguita earrings. To the right is a washing machine with a skull in the front loading window. On the floor in front of the machine is a broken plate topped with mamon. On top of the machine is a brown Dachshund wearing a collar that matches the woman's earrings
July 30, 2023 at 9:19 PM
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Arielle @joviellety.bsky.social did the preorder swag art for BLACKMAIL AND BIBINGKA and it was so damn good! Great artist to work with and highly recommended!
Illustration with a mixing bowl full of batter with a whisk next to a box of coconut milk, bag of flour, and platter of bibingka (Filipino rice cakes). In thr back is a corkboard with notes and recipes plus two photos: a dachshund wearing a hoodie with antlers and text above the dog says Happy Holidays from the Brew-ha Cafe crew! The other photo is of three young women (left is Pakistani American, middle is Filipino American, and right is Mexican American) posed in front of their Cafe window
July 24, 2023 at 11:49 PM
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Thanks for this! I write the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series, humorous mysteries centering around a family-owned Filipino restaurant in a fictional town outside of Chicago.

I also have a short story in FIT FOR THE GODS, modern, inclusive retellings of Greek myths https://linktr.ee/mpmthewriter
Pink illustrated book cover featuring a young Filipino American women with medium length wavy black hair in profile wearing a sampaguita earring. There's a broken plate of mamon on the floor and a washing machine with a skull in the front and a brown Dachshund wearing a collar w/ a matching sampaguita charm standing on top of the washing machine. The book is Murder and Mamon by Mia P. Manansala
July 24, 2023 at 11:20 PM