![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Yet I’ve also seen some of these very same people decry the thought of diversifying the genre, brushing it off as that dreaded term, ‘political correctness.’ As a new, young(ish) writer who ticks off quite a few boxes on the Diversity Checklist, sometimes you ask yourself why you bother writing in a genre that (sometimes) doesn’t seem to want you there, that deems your very existence as ‘political.’” She noted, however, that organizations like Sisters in Crime, are making an effort to change the field. Manansala acknowledged feeling a certain ambiguity about the mystery world: “I have met some of the kindest, most welcoming people in the crime fiction community. The author described her stories as “ amateur sleuth and cozy mysteries, which are heavily invested in the idea of community: the disruption of its peaceful facade and how only someone from within can set it right.” We reached out to Manansala to ask her a bit about her writing. This prize judges-Cynthia Kuhn, Tonya Spratt-Williams, and Maria Kelson-said of the 2018 honoree, Manansala, she “exhibits sophisticated genre awareness and playfulness with genre conventions and we believe the manuscript-which features a very funny, millennial, Filipina-American protagonist-makes a new, worthy, and worthwhile contribution to crime fiction.” ![]()
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