Mia P. Manansala is an award-winning writer and book coach from Chicago who enjoys books, baking, and badass women. She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her obsession with 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 dogs, Gumiho and Max Power.