Meet 4 Authors at Kinokuniya Chicago on Tanabata Weekend!
Celebrate Tanabata Day at Kinokuniya Chicago with 4 authors! Cara Tanamachi (THE TAKEOVER), Mia P. Manansala (A TITA ROSIE'S KITCHEN MYSTERY series), Sara Fujimura (TANABATA WISH), and Misako Rocks (BOUNCE BACK) will be signing their books on July 6!
In celebration of Tanabata, enjoy 10% off on their books on the day of the event! Kinokuniya Members will enjoy additional 10% discount!
Participating Authors
Cara Tanamachi
Cara Tanamachi is the USA Today bestselling author of The Takeover and The Second You're Single. She lives near Chicago with her husband and five children (two by biology and three by marriage), and their 85-pound Goldendoodle, Theodore. Raised near Dallas, Texas by her Japanese-American dad and her English-Scottish American mom, she was the oldest of two children (the debate still rages whether she or her brother are currently the family favorite).
Mia P. Manansala
She is a writer from Chicago who loves books, baking, and bad-ass women. She is the author of the multi-award-winning Tita Rosie’s Kitchen Mystery series and the forthcoming YA novel DEATH IN THE CARDS (May 2025). She uses humor (and murder) to explore aspects of the Filipino diaspora, queerness, and her millennial love for pop culture.
Sara Fujimura
She is the American half of her bicultural Japanese-American family and spends about a month each year in Japan. She started as a journalist, so it is no surprise that Sara’s young adult books contain a lot of facts to go along with the fiction. Whether you want to know about Japan (TANABATA WISH), the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 (BREATHE), what it’s like to be an Olympic-caliber skater (EVERY REASON WE SHOULDN’T), or how unscripted television works (FAKING REALITY), Sara takes readers on swoony journeys to unusual places.
Misako Rocks!
Misako is a Japanese manga artist who’s published a number of books all over the world. She published manga graphic novels Bounce Back and No Such Thing as Perfect. Bounce Back was selected to be on the list of 2021 Best Graphic Novels For Children by the American Library Association. She will release a new activity book series, How To Draw Kawaii Manga with Misako Rocks to show bubbly and kawaii manga character making.