Mima Tipper

About The Author

Mima Tipper is an award-winning author of children’s fiction. She’s published YA fiction in several literary magazines, and her debut novel Kat’s Greek Summer won the 2025 Vermont Book Award for Children’s Literature, as well as winning silver medals for YA fiction in the 2025 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards, and for Best New Voice in the 2025 IBPA Book Awards. Her new novel Channeling Marilyn is a YA paranormal, freshly released on June 2, 2026 in time to celebrate Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday. Beyond devoting most of her time to writing and being an author, Mima helps at Inklings Children’s Books in Waitsfield, VT, volunteers at her local library, and is committed to promoting literacy and supporting the writing community. Mima lives in Vermont with her family.

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Books by Mima Tipper

Channeling Marilyn

A Novel

By Mima Tipper

Seventeen-year-old Lexa Donovan’s timid, plus-size life goes sideways when the spirit of Marilyn Monroe takes up residence in her body in this laugh-out-loud funny paranormal YA tale perfect for fans of Lisa Schroeder and Ashley Poston.

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