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ⓘ About Mia P. Manansala
Mia P Manansala is an author and book coach from Chicago who is best known as the author of the “Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery” series of novels. She is known for her love of badass women, baking and books and use of humor to explore aspects of Filipino queerness, the Diaspora and her love for millennial pop culture. She is the winner of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award at the Eleanor Taylor Bland Awards in 2018, won the Hugh Holton Award in the same year. Manansala has won the Helen McCloy/Mystery Writers of America Scholarship in 2016 and is a 2018-2020 Pitch Wars mentor and alumnus.
All Book Series by Mia P. Manansala
Crime Ink: Iconic: An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Queer Icons
Latest in the series · book 2 of 2 · published 2025
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mia P. Manansala?
Mia P Manansala is an author and book coach from Chicago who is best known as the author of the “Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery” series of novels. She is known for her love of badass women, baking and books and use of humor to explore aspects of Filipino queerness, the Diaspora and her love for millennial pop culture. She is the winner of the Eleanor Taylor Bland Crime Fiction Writers of Color Award at the Eleanor Taylor Bland Awards in 2018, won the Hugh Holton Award in the same year.
Which Mia P. Manansala series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series, the earliest of Mia P. Manansala's multi-book series: it opens with Arsenic and Adobo (2021) and runs to 6 books across 2021–2025, ending with Death and Dinuguan (2025).
How many books has Mia P. Manansala written?
Mia P. Manansala has 9 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2021 and 2025. 7 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being the Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery series with 6 books — and 2 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Mia P. Manansala's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Mia P. Manansala's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery (2021–2025, 6 books) and Dizon Detective Agency (2025, 1 book).
How are Mia P. Manansala's books organised into series?
This guide splits Mia P. Manansala's 9 books into 2 named series and 2 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Tita Rosie's Kitchen Mystery (6 books, 2021–2025); Dizon Detective Agency (1 book, 2025).