Mia P. Manansala, Charlotte Lillie Balogh, Tiffany D. Jackson & Xan Kaur: Deadly Secrets
Sat, Oct 04
|Decatur Library, Young Adult Stage
Murder, mystery, and secrets that refuse to stay hidden. Mia P. Manansala, Charlotte Lillie Balogh, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Xan Kaur unravel dark stories where every truth comes at a cost. Trust no one.
Time & Location
Oct 04, 2025, 3:15 PM – 4:15 PM EDT
Decatur Library, Young Adult Stage, 215 Sycamore St, Decatur, GA 30030, USA
About
Four unlikely allies in a rural Georgia town discover a sinister secret. A Brooklyn girl uncovers the truth behind blood in the water during summer at Martha's Vineyard. A 90s mystery about one high school’s net of lies that unravel when a lacrosse player winds up dead. After her latest client goes missing, a high school tarot reader must uncover her secret life.
Join award-winning authors Mia P. Manansala, Charlotte Lillie Balogh, Tiffany D. Jackson, and Xan Kaur for a panel full of dark twists, tangled lies, and mysteries that prove one thing: the truth never stays buried for long. Following the panel, authors will proceed to signing tables to autograph books.
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About the Moderator
Hien Nguyen (she/her) is a Best of the Net nominated speculative fiction writer who was born in the Midwest but now calls Georgia home. Writing about Vietnamese monsters and mythology, she is interested in the uplifting and haunting forms of human connection, and how writing speculative fiction can lay those bare. Hien’s debut, a young adult speculative novel titled Twin Tides, comes out December 9, 2025.