Bio

She has traveled widely and has lived abroad, including in southern France and 2006–10 in Buenos Aires. She teaches writing and Argentine tango. She continues to report and write on tango, Argentina, and many topics: climbing mountains, other adventure travel, food, culture, big family, and her travels with Sister Grace.

Camille was an editor at VIA Magazine, the West’s award-winning travel publication, for 17 years. Her work has appeared in publications such as National Geographic Traveler, Islands, Country Living, the San Francisco Chronicle, North American Review, Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, the New York Times, Yoga Journal, Vegetarian Times, and the Washington Post. Her cookbook credits include The New Foods (Henry Holt), America Loves Salads (Literary Guild), Rodale’s Basic Natural Foods Cookbook (co-written with Carol Munson, Editor Charles Gerras), and Tofu, Tempeh, and Other Soy Delights (Rodale).

Camille is the author of the 2000 novel, The Last Cannoli (Legas, 2000). Her new novel, The Mystique of the Last Cannoli, follows the same characters as they mature with new intrigues and dramas. Find wherever you purchase your books.

Watch her 2013 TEDx Talk on the Lower Eastside of Manhattan, Tango, the Dance, the Journey, the Transformation.

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Camille Cusumano is a journalist, book author, and editor. She has written for numerous publications. Her travel memoir,TANGO: an Argentine Love Story , was published in 2008 by Seal Press.

She has also published popular anthologies on France, Italy, Greece, and Mexico with Seal Press. In 2014, she set up year-long tango instruction for Nairobi youth living in poverty. See Tango Goes to Africa.